. Ornamental and fruit trees, shrubs, roses, Nurseries (Horticulture) Iowa Catalogs; Fruit trees Catalogs; Ornamental trees Catalogs; Shrubs Catalogs; Roses Catalogs. View north from Office. EVERGREENS, continued. Black and White Spruces will not endure the winter droughts of the western plains, this tree seems well adapted for all the regions from which the others are excluded. Growing in a dry climate and often richly colored, it seems to meet the requirements of a vast field. While the air of the plains has but about 50 de- grees of moisture to 90 degrees in the eastern states, it is
. Ornamental and fruit trees, shrubs, roses, Nurseries (Horticulture) Iowa Catalogs; Fruit trees Catalogs; Ornamental trees Catalogs; Shrubs Catalogs; Roses Catalogs. View north from Office. EVERGREENS, continued. Black and White Spruces will not endure the winter droughts of the western plains, this tree seems well adapted for all the regions from which the others are excluded. Growing in a dry climate and often richly colored, it seems to meet the requirements of a vast field. While the air of the plains has but about 50 de- grees of moisture to 90 degrees in the eastern states, it is necessary to have something which will endure the bright sun and drying winds of winter. For high altitudes and the bleak prairies of Iowa and Dakota, this Spruce has no equal. Colorado Blue {Picea pungens). This is, without doubt, the finest acquisition yet made in our list of Evergreens. This is the king of Spruces, clothed in royal robes of silver and sapphire, a very "Kohinoor" among the gems of the Rockies. We would naturally suppose, coming as it does from an altitude of from eight to ten thousand feet in the Rockies, that it could not endure sudden changes, or thrive in a warm climate, yet there are fine specimens of this tree growing in the fine parks of Boston, Washington and in the south, and the experience of the last 25 years demon- strates its ability to thrive well over all the prairie country of Iowa and the northwest. The seedlings are variable in color, and must be selected close to get those of silvery or sage-green foliage, as those with the bluish tint are the valuable ones to plant. The accompanying photo- graph will give a faint idea of their beauty. SPRUCE. Black Hills. This is like the Picea alba or the White Spruce, but with the difference that while the Norway and the. Colorado Blue Spruce. Read our introduction,— after that read it once Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally
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