EVERGREENS. 199 
setin. Thisin fact would be my ideal windbreak, Scotch and White 
Pines, Spruce and forest trees, set sufficiently far apart, so as not to 
interfere with each others growth, or with the design of cutting out the 
forest trees for wood or timber. 
The Norway Spruce stands well as it has in the past, and must in the 
future, as one of the best for general purposes. It is objectionable for 
ornamental purposes on account of its sunburning while it is young, 
especially for a year or two after being transplanted. But it is tenacious 
of life and recovers itself wonderfully. My oldest Norways, twenty to 
thirty feet high, have shown no blight for years. But the evergreen lam 
growing now, more than any other, is the White Spruce. I mean the 
the genuine thing, not the Black Spruce or American Spruce under 
that name. This tree is as symmetrical in shape as the Balsam Fir, re- 
tains its color the year round, and is not affected by early spring frosts. 
Standing side by side with the Norways and Balsams, it stands perfectly; 
while the Norways will be red all over, and the Balsams killed down by 
frost. I speak of trees under three feet from one to three times trans- 
planted. Afterreaching alargesize both the Norways and Balsams stand 
better. But I have had the first growth on my largest Balsams killed by 
a late frost; they start their growth very early in the spring. Were it 
not for this the Balsams would be, and is now, a favorite ornamental tree. 
The Arbor Vitx is of course the plant for small hedges or single 
trees to be trimmed to suit any taste. 
As to the time of setting evergreens, I begin as soon as the frost is out 
of the ground sufficiently to dig them. I transplant my smallest trees, 
and keep at it until my largest are moved just as they begin to grow, that 
-is when the buds begin to swell—and in this I have excellent success. My 
next best success is in August when the trees have completed their 
growth I have tried fall planting and fall heeling-in for the winter, 
enough to satisfy me that I can have no success in that direction. As to 
’ manner of setting I will only say that the chief points, after thorough 
and solid setting, is the clean and thorough cultivation of small trees and 
the thorough and heavy mulching of the larger ones; so thorough and 
heavy that the ground under it about the tree will not dry out the whole 
season. 
