. Descriptive catalogue of Iowa nursery grown evergreens, fruit trees and plants, flowering and ornamental shrubbery. Nurseries (Horticulture), Minnesota, Catalogs; Vegetables, Seeds, Catalogs; Flowers, Catalogs. of rapid growth, trunk uniformly straight and upright. Its lower branches are per- sistent, foliage dense and it readily adapts itself to a variety of soils and climates. It bears the shears with impunity and is one of the best Evergreen Hedge plants. [See Fig. 1.] WHITE SPRUCE. [Picea Alba.) By some called Silver Spruce of the North It is more compact and not quite so rapid growth as
. Descriptive catalogue of Iowa nursery grown evergreens, fruit trees and plants, flowering and ornamental shrubbery. Nurseries (Horticulture), Minnesota, Catalogs; Vegetables, Seeds, Catalogs; Flowers, Catalogs. of rapid growth, trunk uniformly straight and upright. Its lower branches are per- sistent, foliage dense and it readily adapts itself to a variety of soils and climates. It bears the shears with impunity and is one of the best Evergreen Hedge plants. [See Fig. 1.] WHITE SPRUCE. [Picea Alba.) By some called Silver Spruce of the North It is more compact and not quite so rapid growth as the Norway Spruce. It is a bet- ter tree for small lawns and cemetery plant- ing. BLACK HILLS SPRUCE. {Picea Alba.) The Western Mountain form of Picea Alba. HEMLOCK SPRUCE. {Albies? Canadensis.) A tree of graceful drooping growth and dark green foliage. It needs a moist, loamy soil in a cool location with partial shade and protection. It makes a highly ornamen- tal [Fig. Pine.]. 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 Scotch Grove Nursery; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection. Scotch Grove, Jones County, Iowa : Scotch Grove Nursery
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