Book excerpt: Excerpt from Evergreens, Fruit Trees and Ornamental Plants, 1922 Norway spruce - (picea Excelsa). Na tive of Europe. This tree grows rapidly in an upright, symmetrical, conical shape. Its use in windbreaks, shelter belts, hedges, screens, and ornamental plantings is uni versal throughout the East and Mid dle, West. The most popular and widely planted Evergreen. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.