Salt Lake Telegram | 1933-02-18 | Page 7 | Blue Spruce is Made Official Tree for Utah

Blue Spruce Is Hade Official Tree for Utah Legislature Passes Bill Presented Pre-sented by Cache Solon at Request of Women's I Clubs ! . i t The blue sprue, botenically knowi. as picea pungena, was Utah's official stet tree Saturday. I Th tree was designated by speedy! action ot the sUte legislature Friday, which passed a bill Introduced by RepresenUtlv Weston Vernon Dcm.). Cache, at the request of the Utah SUt Federation of Women's Clubs. Th women' organization announced an-nounced Saturday tha tree also Is known as the Colorado blue spruce, the silver spruce and the water spruce, in addition to many other name. Utah is aaid to be th first itate to adopt an official state tree. A bill also ts pending before the Colorado Colo-rado legislature making the blue sprue th offlclnl tree of that fUte.