Catalog and price list of evergreens, shade trees, &c. : spring of 1916

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CATALOG AND PRICE LIST OF
EVERGREENS, SHADE TREES, &c

HARVARD

EVERGREEN

NURSERIES

SPRING OF 1916

1 4 NOV

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GROWN AND FOR SALE BY

Robt. C. Uecke, Harvard, III.

(pronounced ee-kay)

ANNOUNCEMENT

In presenting- my price list for the spring of 1916,
I would thank all customers and friends for the liber-
al patronage given me the past season. My list is not
a long one, and yet it contains all the varieties of
evergreens that ninety-nine out of a hundred nursery-
men and planters want. To those not acquainted with
me I would say that I make a specialty of growing
Evergreens and devote my entire time and attention to
this branch of the nursery business. I exercise the
utmost care that all Evergreens sent out by me have
received careful and proper handling up to the time
they are delivered to the transportation company.
Evergreens packed with fruit trees very often do not
receive the care they demand, with the consequent
loss and disappointment to the planter.

LOCATION

My nursery is very centrally and favorably locat-
ed on the main line of the Chicago & Northwestern
Railway, between Chicago and St. Paul and Minnea-
polis, 63 miles northwest of Chicago. Eleven passen-
ger trains and numerous freight trains run daily from
this point to Chicago over their double track road,
giving exceptional shipping facilities.

SHIPPING

Customers are requested to state the manner in
which they wish their goods sent — whether by express
or freight. When no directions are given I will use
my best judgment in the interest of the customer.

Be sure to give your name, town, county and state
very plainly. If your express office is different from
your postoffice, give both.

All orders are filled as nearly as possible in the
same order in which they are received.

Packing free. I make no charge whatever for
boxes, packing or delivering trees to the transporta-
tion companies. The prices quoted in this list, with
the transportation charges (freight or express) added,
are the exact cost of the trees to the customer. Take
particular notice of this, as many firms charge extra
for nacking.

I pack all Evergreens with moss in as light boxes
as is consistent with safety.

After delivering trees in good order to forward-
ers, my responsibility ceases and customer takes all
risk of shipment. Should losses occur through neg-
lect or detention en route, claims should be made at
once on the transportation companies.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

Terms of nayment must invariably be cash before
shipment. All orders to be sent by express C. O. P.
must be accompanied by one-fourth cash. The charges
for the return of money will in all cases be added to
the bill. I am selling trees at such a small margin
of profit that I cannot afford to run any risk as to
getting my pay.

Money may be sent at my risk by postoffice or
express money order, registered letter or bank draft.
Stamps of the one and two cent kinds taken for all
small amounts.

Make all orders payable to Robt. C. Uecke, Har-
vard, McHenry County, Illinois.

The prices in this list rule only when the amounts
specified are taken, but five, fifty and five hundred will
be furnished at ten, hundred and thousand rates.

No orders for less than $1.00 accepted.

Should any error or shortage occur, it will be
cheerfully corrected if notice is given immediately
upon receipt of goods. No notice will be taken of any
subsequent edmands.

While I exercise the greatest care to have all
trees true to name and of the grade specified, and am
prepared to replace, on positive proof, all that may
prove untrue to either, I do not give any warranty of
any kind, either expressed or implied, and in case of

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' MpArPor biO mii.^OItAtTIiRiEjtually agreed between
the purchaser and myself that I shall not at any time
be held responsible for a greater amount than the
original price received for the goods.

Prices quoted in this list abrogate those, of former
lists.

REFERENCES

Those unacquainted with me who have doubts as
to my honesty and business standing, I would refer
to any responsible business firm of this place, or the
following: M. F. O’Connor, Postmaster; Agent Amer-

ican Express Company; First State Bank. Please en-
close stamp when writing to any of these. Their ad-
dress is Harvard, 111.

PRICE LIST

All trees quoted in this list are nursery grown,
thrifty and well rooted. Those marked “seedlings”
are taken directly from the seed beds, while those
marked “transplanted” have been transplanted from
one to three times. No order for less than $1.00 ac-
cepted. No charge for boxes, packing or cartage.

EVERGREENS

ARBOR VITAE — American Each

[Thuya Occidentalis]

4 to 6 inches, seedlings

6 to 8 inches, seedlings

8 to 12 inches, seedlings

12 to 18 in., once transplanted
18 to 24 in., once transplanted

light weight

2 y2 to 3 ft., twice transplant’d

3 to 4 ft., twice transplanted,

B and B 1

BALSAM FIR [Abies Balsamea]

12 to 18 in., once transplanted
18 to 24 in., once transplanted,

light weight

2 to 3 ft., once transplanted,
light weight

RED CEDAR

[Juniperus Virginiana]

2 to 3 inches, seedlings, 1 yr.

4 to 6 inches, seedlings, 2 yr.

6 to 10 inches, seedlings, 2 yr.

IRISH JUNIPER

[Juniperus Hibernica]

12 to 15 inches, transplanted. .

18 to 24 in., twice transplanted

AUSTRIAN PINE

[Pinus Austriaca]

4 “to 6 inches, seedlings, 2 yr.

6 to 10 in., seedlings, 3 yr. . .

10 to 15 in., once transplanted
15 to 18 in., once transplanted
18 to 24 in., once transplanted
2 to 2 y2 ft., once transplant’d,
light weight

DWARF MOUNTAIN PINE

[Pinus Mugho]

4 to 6 inches, seedlings

6 to 8 inches, seedlings

8 to 10 inches, seedlings

12 to 18 in., once transplanted
18 to 24 in., once transplanted

JACK PINE [Pinus Banksiana]

6 to 10 inches, seedlings. 2 yrs.

8 to 12 inches, seedlings, 3 yrs.

12 to 18 inches, seedlings

18 to 24 inches, seedlings

NORWAY PINE [Pinus Resinosa]

4 to 8 inches, seedlings, 3 yrs.

12 to 18 in., once transplanted
18 to 24 in., once transplanted
2 to 3 feet, once transplanted,
light weight

10

100 1,000

15

1

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8

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25

1

50

10

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30

2

00

75

5

00

42

’66

20

1

50

9

00

80

00

40

3

50

00

8

50

15

1

00

25

1

75

30

2

50

25

1

75

14

00

50

3

50

75

5

00

25

2

00

15

00

50

4

00

15

1

00

7

00

25

1

75

12

00

is’

1

00

7

00

60

00

20

1

50

10

00

25

2

00

14

00

40

3

50

15

1

00

7

00

25

1

50

10

00

30

2

00

50

4

00

30

00

70

6

00

45

00

15

1

00

7

00

20

1

25

8

50

25

1

75

12

00

50

3

50

25

1

75

12

00

20 "

1

25

25

1

75

12

66

30 2 50 17 50

NORWAY PINE — Cont’d

3 feet, once transplanted,
light weight

Each 10 100 1,000

POND ERG'S A PINE

[Bull Pine; Pinus Ponderosa]

4 to 6 inches, seedlings, 2 yrs.

G to 12 inches, seedlings, 3 yrs.

SCOTCH PINE [Pinus Sylvestris]

4 to 6 inches, seedlings

6 to 8 inches, seedlings

12 to 18 in., once transplanted
18 to 24 in., once transplanted

2 to 21/2 ft, once transplanted

3 to 4 ft., once transplanted. .

WHITE PINE [Pinus Strobus]

4 to 6 inches, seedlings

6 to 10 inches, seedlings

10 to 15 inches, seedlings

12 to 18 in., once transplanted
18 to 24 in., once transplanted

2 to 3 ft., once transplanted,

light weight

3 to 3% ft., once transplant’d,

light weight

BLACK HILLS SPRUCE

[Picea Canadensis]

4 to 6 inches, seedlings, 4 yrs.

6 to 8 inches, seedlings, 4 yrs.

6 to 10 in., once transplanted

12 to 18 in., once transplanted
18 to 20 in., once transplanted

COLORADO BLUE SPRUCE

[Picea Pungens]

3 to 6 inches, seedlings, 2 yrs.

8 to 12 in., seedlings, branched
12 to 15 in., once transplanted,

unassorted

15 to 20 in., once transplanted,
unassorted

2 to 2y2 ft., twice transplant-
ed, select blue

3 to 3y2 ft, twice transplant-
ed, select blue

4 to 4 y2 ft., twice transplant-

5 to 5 y2 ft., twice transplant-
ed, select blue . . .

2 to 2 y2 ft., twice transplant-
ed,

3 to 3 y2 ft., twice transplant-
ed, select green

4 to 4 y2 ft., twice transplant-
ed, select green

40

3

50

15

1

00

5]

25

1

50

15

1

00

20

1

25

15*

1

00

7

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20

1

50

10

00

25

2

00

40

3

50

15

1

00

25

1

50

30

2

00

’ii’

1

00

7

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20

1

25

8

50

25

1

50

10

00

3d

3

00

30

2

00

35

2

50

‘ii'

1

00

8

00

25

1

75

12

00

30

2

50

35

2

50

75

5

00

30

2

50

18

00

50

4

00

30

00

2

75

25

00

4

25

40

00

6

00

50

00

7

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60

00

2

00

17

50

3

50

25

00

5

00

40

00

6 00

00

00

00

Prices of above Blue Spruce 2 feet high and over
include digging, with balls of earth and burlap around
each tree.

ROSTER’S BLUE SPRUCE

[Picea Pungens Kosteriana Glauca]

18 to 20 in., transplanted, with

B and B 2 50 22 00

2 ft., transplanted, B and B 3 50 32 00

CO\ COLOR SPRUCE

[Abies Concolor]

4 to 6 inches, seedlings, 2 yrs 30 2 00 14 00

2 to 2 y2 ft., twice transplant-
ed, B and B 2 50 20 00

3 to 4 ft., twice transplanted,

B and B 3 50 30 00

DOUGLAS FIR [Abies Douglassi]

4 to 6 inches, seedlings 15

6 to 10 inches, seedlings 25

10 to 15 inches, seedlings 35

12 to 18 in., once transplanted 25 1 75

18 to 24 in., once transplanted 40 3 50

3 to 3 y2 ft., twice transplant-
ed, B and B 1 50 12 00

1 00 7 00

1 50 10 00

2 50

HEMLOCK SPRUCE

[Tsuga Canadensis]

2 y2 to 3 ft., twice transplant-
ed, B and B 1 75 14 00

3 to Zy2 ft., twice transplant-
ed, B and B 2 00 17 50 ....

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HEMLOCK SPRUCE — Coat’d Each

4 ft., twice transplanted, B

and B 3 00

5 ft., twice transplanted, B

and B 4 00

10

100 1,000

NORWAY SPRUCE [Picea Excelsa]

4

to

6

inches, seedlings, nice

60

5

50

6

to

8

inches, seedlings, nice

15

1

00

7

50

8

to

10

inches, seedlings, nice

25

1

75

10

00

10

to

15

inches, seedlings, nice

50

3

50

12

to

18

in., once transplanted

75

; 5

00

45’

66

18

to

24

in., once transplanted,

light weight

15

1

00

8

00

70

00

18

to

24

in., twice transplanted

25

1

50

11

00

95

00

2

to

2%

ft., twice transplant’d

30

2

50

20

00

CO

o

ft., twice transplant’d

40

3

50

30

00

3

to 3 y2

ft., twice transplant’d

60

5

00

45

00

4

to

5 ft., twice transplanted,

B and

B

1 75

15

00

WHITE

SPRUCE [Picea Alba]

6

to

10

inches, seedlings

30

2

00

10

to

15

inches, seedlings

50

3

50

8

to

12

inches, transplanted..

75

5

00

12

to

18

inches, transplanted..

* 2 6 "

1

25

18

to

24

inches, transplanted..

25

2

00

NURSERY GROWN FOREST TREE SEEDLINGS, ETC.

EUROPEAN LARCH

[Larix Europea]

Each

10

100

12 to 18 inches, seedlings

25

1

75,

18 to 24 inches, seedlings

35

2

50

2 to 3 feet, seedlings

50

3

50

BARBERRY THUNBERGII

[Japanese Barberry]

2 to 3 feet, transplanted

25

2

00

3 to 3 V2 feet, transplanted...

35

3

00

SPIREA VANHOUTII

[Bridal Wreath]

3 to 4 ft., transplanted, bushy

40

3

50

1,000

CARE AND CULTIVATION
OF EVERGREENS

On receiving- trees from the nursery take them
immediately to some shady place and there open
the boxes and dip the roots in a puddle made of mel-
low soil and water, about as thick as paint. If not
ready to plant immediately, dig a trench and place
the trees in it in a vertical position and cover the
roots with mellow soil and firm this down with the
foot. If left there for a few days or longer they must
be shaded and protected from the wind. Never let
the roots get dry under any circumstances. Plant
the trees a little deeper than they stood in the nur-
sery, treading the earth firmly around the roots.

Transplanted evergreens may be planted at once
in their permanent location, but seedlings should be
planted closely in a row or bed and allowed to remain
there for two years or longer before planting in their
permanent place. If possible they should be partially
shaded from the sun and, if in an exposed place, also
protected from the wind. The best shades for keep-
ing off the sun are made by nailing laths about an
inch apart onto strips 1 by 2 inches and of any con-
venient length. The shades thus made are supported
on stakes just above the tops of the trees and for
convenience the beds of seedlings should be four feet
wide. Brush laid across poles supported on stakes
over the beds makes a very good shade, or hay, straw
or cornstalks may be used in the same way. Boa,rds
set on edges on both sides of the bed will protect it
from the hot, dry winds that often prove disastrous
to newly set trees.

In handling evergreens be sure to keep the roots
moist and tops dry at all times. Five or ten minutes
of exposure to the sun and wind is certain death to
most varieties.

The first summer after transplanting is the critic-
al time in the life of a tree and it is best to keep the

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Colorado Blue Spruce ou the home grounds — a perfect
.specimen, for which I was offered
and refused $50.00.

ground stirred up and loose about it during this time.
If this cannot be done, cover the ground (mulch)
around it to a depth of several inches with hay, straw
or litter of some kind, but don’t use manure. New
manure is almost certain death to evergreens.

Do not resort to watering trees except in ex-
tremely dry times and then water once in two weeks
only, but give enough water at one time to penetrate
to the roots.

Evergreens will grow in all soils except those of
a wet nature and even in these some varieties will
grow and thrive. As a rule any soil that will grow
farm and garden crops is a good soil and if properly
treated they will grow quite readily. Of course to do
their very best the soil should have the very best care
and attention the same as any other tree or plant. In
preparing the soil for evergreens use no new manure,
but if the manure be a year or more old it is the best
fertilizer for the purpose.

The best time to plant evergreens is in the spring,
in April or May. Several varieties, notably the Amer-
ican Arbor Vitae, may be transplanted as late as June,
but for general planting the latter part of April or
May is the best time. For fall planting latter part of
August or early part of September is the best time.

I am very often asked what size evergreens is
the best to plant. I think everybody can best decide
this for himself. As a rule the larger trees are much
surer to live than the smaller ones. Trees that have
been transplanted are surer to grow than seedlings and
if several times transplanted all the better. Small seed-
lings should be planted in rows like drill corn or
garden vegetables and allowed to grow for two years
before being planted where wanted. For setting out

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singly do not plant too small trees. Generally speak-
ing the size of one’s pocket-book must determine the
size of the trees to plant. Transplanted trees from 12
to 18 inches, 18 to 24 inches, 2 feet and 2 to 3 feet are
recommended as giving the best satisfaction.

Once transplanted Norway Spruce in beds 4 feet wide
— the rows run crosswise to the beds. Notice the
clean cultivation given — no weeds anywhere.

In the following descriptions it is only intended
to give the chief characteristics of each kind which
shall enable anyone unfamiliar with the different
varieties to select such as will be most suitable to
the uses for which they are wanted.

American Arbor Vitae, or White Cedar as it is

commonly called in the lake regions of the northwest,
is a native tree and extremely hardy. The growth is
rapid and timber very durable, combining strength,
lightness and durability. Although found in its native
state mostly in swamps and on low ground, it never-
theless thrives on all kinds of soil and is considered
very hardy. It makes a beautiful lawn tree and is
unsurpassed for hedges, as it bears shearing so well.
It is recommended for general planting everywhere
except on extremely dry sandy soils.

Beds of Evergreen Seedlings, showing manner of
shading with lath shades.

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A beautiful Austrian Pine on the home grounds,
showing the compact growth when planted
singly. Arbor Vitae hedge and high
hush cranberry at the left.

Austrian Pine — Introduced from Europe, the black
pine of Austria has found a place among our ever-
greens here. It is a stout, robust tree, fairly rapid
growth and very healthy appearing. The foliage is a
dark, rich green color.

Jack Pine — This tree while young is the most
rapid growing of all the Pines and will thrive in the
poorest of sandy soils. It is easy to transplant and is
largely used to plant where other kinds will not grow
or as a nurse tree for other and more desirable kinds.

Mountain Pine — (Pinus Montana) — A beautiful
tree or bush with very dense foliage of a rich, dark
green color. Particularly valuable for planting in
places where an unobstructed view is desired, as it
does not grow tall. Perfectly hardy.

Norway Pine — Also called Red Pine. A beautiful
native tree found in our northern forests, somewhat
resembling the Austrian Pine, but more desirable than
either that or the Scotch variety for ornamental plant-
ing. It thrives on poor sandy soil.

Ponderosa Pine of Colorado — This valuable pine
of recent introduction promises to become one of our
most valuable timber trees. It is of very rapid growth,
makes a very beautiful ornamental tree, and the wood
is very valuable, being considered by many to be
equal to the White Pine.

Scotch Pine — One of our most rapid growers. It
is hardy in a great variety of soils and very popular
and largely planted. Succeeds well everywhere — even
in poor and sandy soils.

Balsam Fir — A small tree native to the United
States. Its growth is rapid, form compact and conical,
and foliage of a rich green color. It is very popular
with a large class of planters. The wood decays very
quickly, on which account it is of little value. A
liquid resin, Canada Balsam, used for medical pur-
poses, is obtained from it.

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Norway Spruce wind break. Row of small Colorado
Blue Spruce in front. Notice the difference
in color of the different trees.

White Cine — Without doubt this is our most val-
uable timber tree. Flourishes in the poorest soil, it
thrives almost anywhere. The soft pine of com-
merce is of this species. It is being planted exten-
sively in Europe, where it is considered superior to
any of their native species. It is of very rapid growth
and is valued for timber as well as for ornamental
planting.

Colorado Blue Spruce— One of the choicest of the
whole evergreen family, and one that is being intro-
duced more largely than any other of the newer varie-
ties. It is generally spoken of as the king of Spruces
and needs only to be seen to be admired. A very
beautiful tree that is hardy anywhere in the United
States.

Roster’s Blue Spruce — This variety of Colorado
Blue Spruce is the finest color obtainable up to the
present time. It is secured by the very difficult process
of grafting upon the common Colorado Blue Spruce.
Mr. Koster of Holland has the entire control of this
product and all genuine trees are imported from his
establishment.

Concolor Spruce of Colorado — Another rare and
most beautiful tree. Its foliage is of a very rich sil-
ver green hue, which contrasting with the darker
shades of other kinds gives it a splendor all of its
own. Very popular and hardy anywhere.

Hemlock Spruce — This is the most graceful of all
species. Its slender, drooping branches whose foliage
of green above and silver underneath are waved by
the force of the gentlest of zephyrs, present one of
the most beautiful sights.

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Twice transplanted Norway Spruce in nursery rows.

All my twice transplanted trees are
grown in this manner.

Douglas Fir of Colorado — The tree for the mil-
lion! The most rapid grower ' of the whole Spruce
family, with soft green foliage, somewhat resembling
the Hemlock Spruce, it grows to enormous size. The
“yellow fir” of the Pacific slope is of this species. It
yields immense quantities of lumber and is one of the
fastest growers and most beautiful of evergreens.

Norway Spruce — This old standard, well tried and
universally popular evergreen is till in the lead as
being the most universally planted evergreen tree.
It thrives on all soils, in all situations, and in all
kinds of surroundings. It is used almost universally
for planting and is the very best evergreen for wind
breaks. It does not grow quite as fast as some of
the pines, but makes a very much better wind break
than any of them. Anyone planting Norway Spruce
is rarely disappointed.

White Spruce — A beautiful native tree somewhat
resembling the Norway Spruce, which is rapidly com-
ing into favor. It is a beautiful tree for ornamental
planting, and is especially valuable for planting on
the dry prairies of the western states, as it can en-
dure drouth so well. Makes a very fine wind break.

EVERGREEN HEDGES
AND WIND BREAKS

Nothing in my opinion is so peculiarly attractive
and charming in a well-kept place as an evergreen
hedge neatly trimmed. Either as an ornamental
boundary or for a protective screen no class of plants
can equal those with persistent or evergreen leaves.
Always green and cheerful throughout the whole year,
an impassable barrier to wind and storms, easily
trimmed and remarkably beautiful when properly
cared for, of very rapid and dense growth and free
from disease and noxious insects, they comprise in-
deed all that is needed for a perfect hedge.

Evergreen hedges may be divided into two classes,
which in planting, selection of varieties and after
management differ very essentially. First, those in-
tended as a protection against the wind and, second,
the true ornamental hedge. The former requires very
little care, frequently none at all, and at most simply
the heading in of the taller plants while young, or the
clipping of stronger branches. What is wanted more
particularly is a strong growing and hardy variety of

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Beds of one year old Seedling Evergreens “put to
bed” for the winter. In the summer the lath
“shades” are supported on stakes about
a foot above the beds. Notice one of
the stakes in the foreground.

evergreens that grows thick and dense, so as to form
a perfect protection against the wind. For this pur-
pose I would especially recommend the following va-
rieties in the order given: Norway Spruce, Scotch

Pine, Austrian Pine, White Pine, American Arbor
Vitae, White Spruce. They should be planted 5 to 8
feet apart and if a number of rows be planted the
protection will be all the better.

The true ornamental hedge should receive some-
what more care and attention. It is best to plow or
dig a strip several feet in width where the hedge is to
stand, and set the plants along the middle of this
strip. Plant the trees about a foot apart, unless trees
less than 12 inches high are used, in which case plant
8 to 10 inches apart. The best evergreen for an orna-
mental hedge is the American Arbor Vitae. It is per-
fectly hardy, a very vigorous and tenacious grower,
can be readily sheared into any shape, does not lose
its lower branches and is in every way suitable.
Norway Spruce comes next, then Hemlock and White
Spruce. Red Cedar makes a nice hedge while young,
but is apt to lose its lower needles and become open
and bare as it grows older, and on that account is not
so desirable.

One Dollar Lots by Mail

For one dollar I will send by mail postpaid any-
where in the United States, packed in damp moss, any
one of the following lots of seedling trees. They will
not be divided. These trees are all nursery grown.
Please order by number. No discount allowed, but I
will send six lots for five dollars.

No. 1 — 100 American Arbor Vitae 3 to 6 inches.

No. 2 — 60 American Arbor Vitae 6 to 8 inches.

No. 3 — 50 Red Cedars 2 to 4 inches.

No. 4 — 100 Austrian Pine 3 to 6 inches.

No. 5 — 100 Dwarf Mountain Pine 3 to 6 inches.

No. 6 — 100 Jack Pine 3 to 6 inches.

No. 7 — 100 Ponderosa Pine 3 to 6 inches.

No. 8 — 100 Scotch Pine 3 to 6 inches.

No. 9 — 60 Scotch Pine 6 to 8 inches.

No. 10 — 100 White Pine 3 to 6 inches.

No. 11 — 60 White Pine 6 to 8 inches.

No. 12 — 50 Black Hills Spruce 3 to 6 inches.

No. 13 — 40 Colorado Blue Spruce 3 to 5 inches.

No. 14 — 50 Concolor Spruce 3 to 6 inches.

No. 15 — 100 Douglas Fir 3 to 6 inches.

No. 16 — 200 Norway Spruce 3 to 6 inches.

No. 17 — 100 Norway Spruce 6 to 8 inches.

No. 18 — 50 Norway Spruce 8 to 10 inches

No. 19 — 50 White Spruce 6 to 8 inches.

No. 20 — 100 European Larch 4 to 8 inches.

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GROUNDS OF MR. J. W. FRANKELBERGER, MADISON CO., IOWA.