. Descriptive catalogue of fruit and ornamental trees, small fruits, vines, shrubs, roses, plants, Nursery stock Iowa Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Ornamental trees Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs. 16 C. L. WATROUS' DESClilPTlVK AuioDf? the most successful for the prairie are: PINE. 8CX)TCH—Rapid grower, fine form, extremely hardy, stout shoots, ami silver green foliage. PINK. AUS TRlAN—Remarkably hardy, robust and spreading, leaves long, stitY and dark green, of somewhat slower growth than the last, but more stocky. PINE, WHITE—Best American
. Descriptive catalogue of fruit and ornamental trees, small fruits, vines, shrubs, roses, plants, Nursery stock Iowa Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Ornamental trees Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs. 16 C. L. WATROUS' DESClilPTlVK AuioDf? the most successful for the prairie are: PINE. 8CX)TCH—Rapid grower, fine form, extremely hardy, stout shoots, ami silver green foliage. PINK. AUS TRlAN—Remarkably hardy, robust and spreading, leaves long, stitY and dark green, of somewhat slower growth than the last, but more stocky. PINE, WHITE—Best American pine, rapid, upright growth, with delicate soft foliage, most graceful of pines. SPRUCE, NORWAY—Beautiful, erect tree, very hardy and vigorous, fine for screens or lawns, by many considered the handsomest of all. SPRUCE, WHITE AMERICAN—A native of our northern forests, fine pyramidal form. Foliage silvery gray and bark light colored; hardy and valuable, very handsome for lawn specimens. FIR, BALSAM—The most popular American evergreen, East, does not endure the prairies as well as the Spruces and Pines. ARBOR VITiE, AMERICAN-Beautiful, dwarf- ish form, fine pyramidal form, flat foliage, best for low screens and sheltered lawns where small growing trees are needed. RED CEDAR—Old, well known sort, bears clip- WHiTE AMERICAN SPRUCE, ping in almost any shape. NEW AND RARE EVERGREEN TREES. Our own Rocky Mountains promise to furnish us many beautiful and hardy species hitherto almost untried on the prairies. They have succeeded well in Northern Europe, and on the Western prairies as far as tested. At present they are scarce and more costly. PICEA PUNGENS, Blue Spruce of Colorado—The most beautiful of all hardy native trees, with fine, erect habit and a silvery sheen on its foliage not possessed by any other tree. It is a rare and striking object and worthy a place on any lawn, no matter how beautiful. •DICIDUOUS TREES. For Ornament, Shade, Timber and Shelter. ASH, G
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