. Catalogue of evergreens, European larch, etc. for the spring of 1893 cultivated and for sale. Nurseries (Horticulture) Illinois Dundee Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs. PICEA PUNGENS. [See Page 4.] tudes, Nature has provided for their propagation. The cone of the Pun- gens is about one-half the size of that of the Norway. The needles are short and sharp—pungent — hence the name. They are polished like DOUGLAS [SPRUCE. Douglas Spruce. (Seudotsuga Douglassi.) This is emphatically the tree for the million. While on a visit to the eastern nurseries, I noted in almost every instance that it was
. Catalogue of evergreens, European larch, etc. for the spring of 1893 cultivated and for sale. Nurseries (Horticulture) Illinois Dundee Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs. PICEA PUNGENS. [See Page 4.] tudes, Nature has provided for their propagation. The cone of the Pun- gens is about one-half the size of that of the Norway. The needles are short and sharp—pungent — hence the name. They are polished like DOUGLAS [SPRUCE. Douglas Spruce. (Seudotsuga Douglassi.) This is emphatically the tree for the million. While on a visit to the eastern nurseries, I noted in almost every instance that it was the most rapid grower of all the Conifers. Sometimes the complaint is made that it grows too fast, and is not compact enough for the lawn tree; yet on my grounds they seem to have the perfection of form. The foliage is soft and much resembles the Hemlock, hence the name (re- sembling the Hemlock). In the mountains it is a grand tree. It reaches from the Eockies to the Pacific Slope, and our Chief of For- estry, B. E. Feanow, tells us that he never on earth saw such a burden of lumber to the acre as that produced by this tree in the West. We are to mind that seeds from the Conifers gathered on the Pacific Slope are. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Dundee Nursery; Hill, D; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection. Dundee, Ill. : D. Hill
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