World's only Golden Spruce has been felled, Please forward!

[Cathy Czapla]

According to an article in yesterday's Vancouver Sun, the
golden spruce has been propagated at a university in BC 
which has two clones in its botanic gardens. Other cuttings
have been taken as well.

In article <19970128111300.GAA25718 at ladder01.news.aol.com>,
brateaver at aol.com wrote:

> Someone should be able to take bits of young tissue and make sterile
> cultures, which could be the basis of disseminating this tree. There are
> many persons skilled in tissue culture. Put an inquiry on this internet.