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Show Trees Of Otpki Aid Vicinity Bv F. S. Baker. Research Department, U. S. Forest Service. District 4. Otrden 4 Enplemann Spruco (locally called white pine) Is a native spruce sometimes some-times planted for ornament. It Is found In tho mountains of Utah particularly par-ticularly on north slopes and high elevations. el-evations. It docs not occur In tho Observatory' Ob-servatory' Peak region, however. It Is sometimes planted and looks very much llko Norway spruce when young. Tho cones, however, aro short, only about 2 inches long and the cono scales are soft and crinkled like blue spruce. White spruce rarely planted. Very like Norway spruce. Has a cone with smooth hard scales with round edges lilce Norway spruce but much smaller! only about 2 inches long. Deaf and! Blind school north of main building. Douglas fir is the only tree In this region that has three-pronged 'bracts' sticking out from between the cone scales. It can be distinguished from all the other firs by having red brown sharp pointed buds and leaves with a very tiny round stem fastening them to the twig leaving a round flat scar when tho needle falls. All the other fir leaves set directly on the twig without a real stem. This trcej Is plentiful throughout our mountains, and goes under the local name of "redj I pine." It is sometimes planted for loVnament. 2 130 Adams avenue on lawn near sidewalk. j Fir trees. There arc two firs or balsams native to this region, alpine fir (locally called white balsam) and white fir (locally called black balsam) Tho'y are spnrctimcs difficult to distinguish. dis-tinguish. White fir needles aro 2 to i indues iuii wniie 111 aipiuu m iuu.v aro 1 to 1 3-4 inches. White fir cones !aro usually green, alpine fir, purple. White fir grows at low elevations in the mountain (the common Christmas tree) while alpine fir comes from higher elevations, up to timber line. AVhitc fir is sometimes planted as ornamental or-namental tree. Deaf and Blind school In front of main building, also 2-126 Monroe avenue. Cedar. There are two kinds of true cedars planted in Ogden, the eastern white cedar or arborvitao and tho Chinese arborvitao. The two look very much allko having short scale like leaves and flattened twigs. The Chinese specie's usually have them flattened so that they all stand parallel paral-lel and vortical, 50 that It is easy to see straight into the middle of tho tree. In tho American tree they are Irregularly arranged. The tasto of the leaves of the American species is strongly aromatic resinous (sourco of oil of cedar) whilo the Chincso species spe-cies is much milder. White cedar at 2ta32 and 25-10 Jefferson and northeast part of City Hail grounds. Chinese arborvitao at 533-26th stree and Deaf and Blipd school grounds. Junipers, aro commonly called co-, dars. They grow wild in the foothills and are also rather commonly planted in Ogden. There are several spe- ' cies of them but they are very much alike, and hard to distinguish. One ot them, dwarf juniper (wild) grows In low spreading mats and has longer needles than other junipers. Cedar shingles arc made of tree cedars or ar- , jborvitae's while cedar cheats are made I of Juniper. 2421 Jefferson avenue. I Sometimes the needles nre exceptionally exception-ally long particularly in young trees I or branches in deep shade. 23rd street I no?.r Adams. ! (Continued Tomorrow.) i "V 00 . |