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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



iround every home,, rather tlian conditions 

 lot usually attainable by amateur plant 

 growers, such as a cool greenhouse or un- 

 lerneath greenhouse benches. 



Always endeavor to ascertain the condi- 

 ions that surround the plants you are grow- 

 ng where they are found growing naturally, 

 uid then give them as nearly as possible the 



same conditions, when they are in a resting 

 condition, as well as when they are in a 

 growing state. The natural conditions and 

 surroundings pertaining to plant life may 

 be moderated or intensified oftentimes, but 

 to diametrically oppose these conditions, as 

 is sometimes done, means disappointment 

 and failure will inevitably ensue. 



EVERGREENS 



DAVID Z. MORRIS, T.ROWn's NURSERIES, ONT. 



W1II\X all the other leaved friends of 

 our lawns and roadsides have de- 

 ;crted us, and the chill winds of winter 

 )low, we have but the evergreen to remind 

 IS of their departed beauty. When this 

 :lass of trees is mentioned most people think 

 Duly of the commonest 

 5ort of conifers — the 

 Norway Spruce — and it 

 is only of comparatively 

 recent years in this 

 :ountry that the more 

 rare and beautiful varie- 

 :ies have come into 

 Dopularity ; and the 

 mdless possible com- 

 binations both of them- 

 selves and with 

 deciduous trees have 

 :ome to be appre- 

 :iated. 



Their use has long 

 3een quite general in 

 European gardens and 

 lurseries, which dif- 

 :erence may, to some 

 extent, have been due 

 o the milder climate, 



judicious handling of the young stock from 

 the minute it is taken out of the nursery soil 

 till it is again firmly planted in mother- 

 earth. No class of trees is more suscepti- 

 ble to cold, or drying winds, and for this 

 reason they should be carefully protected 



Evergreens in the Arboretum at the Experimental Farm, Ottawa. 



and the popular 

 dea here that their culture in our rigorous 

 "ugged zone was out of the question. The 

 vriter can recall no more perfect specimens 

 )f a large range of varieties of evergreens 

 han that to be seen at the experimental sta- 

 ion in Ottawa. 

 The best results depend very largely on 



from exposure of any kind. The roots 

 should be dipped in a puddle of clay and 

 carefully burlapped for shipment. Spring 

 planting, rather later than other classes of 

 ornamentals, seems to succeed best. Much 

 also depends on the nature of the soil, a 

 sandy loam being best adapted to their rapid 

 and luxuriant growth. When setting out, 



