This section is from the book "The Gardener's Monthly And Horticulturist V27", by Thomas Meehan. See also: Four-Season Harvest: Organic Vegetables from Your Home Garden All Year Long.
" G.J. B." writes : " I saw in the Monthly for January, page 4, a few remarks in regard to the indigenous evergreens of the Rocky Mountains. Being a resident of Denver and greatly interested in the cultivation of our Rocky Mountain coniferae, and having fair success in transplanting them from the mountains into the hot and dry atmosphere of Denver, would feel obliged to ascertain from your correspondent in what part of the Rockies he saw those attractive pines".
[The coniferae within reach of our Denver correspondent would be Pinus ponderosa, P. flexilis, P. aristata, P. Banksiana, P. edulis, Abies Doug-lasii, A. pungens, A. concolor, and the eastern and western Red Cedars. Those named by our correspondent had reference to the " Rocky Mountains " several hundred miles south of Denver, and would be best obtained through seeds from the collectors. - Ed. G. M].
 
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