TREES 



Scotch pine, the Norway spruce and the 

 Colorado blue spruce, Nordmann's fir and 

 the Colorado fir. These are all hardy and 

 of rapid growth. But avoid planting tall 

 evergreens near the house, for their dense 

 foliage shuts out sun and light, and gloomy 

 rooms are the result. 



The end of August is the best time to 

 shear arbor vitae, spruce, box trees, hem- 

 locks, retinispora, and, in fact, all ever- 

 greens. By this time they have completed 

 their new growth, and will have time before 

 the cold weather begins to recover from the 

 shearing, which sets them back somewhat. 

 The shearing not only preserves the natural 

 shape of these trees, but causes them to 

 grow thicker and handsomer. 



After your horse and dog, there is noth- 

 ing that can better inspire love than a beau- 

 tiful tree which you have yourself planted, 

 pruned and cared for. If undisturbed, the 

 life of the tree will go on for generations 

 after the short span of human years has 

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