Evergreens in Spring 



which are their first adornment, but 

 through the month of roses they do their 

 prettiest, and hang out their banners with 

 the best. 



Some of the authorities recommend the Planting in 

 month of June as the most desirable for 7 

 transplanting evergreens, but my experi- 

 ence would lead me to the conclusion 

 that with them, as well as with hard-wood 

 trees, the period before the bursting of 

 the buds is more satisfactory than the 

 time when they have already begun to 

 swell. Seasons vary so decidedly that a 

 few warm days may hasten the new 

 shoots, and they may be three inches long 

 before you think of going for trees, so 

 that they droop discouragingly after trans- 

 planting, and sometimes never brace up 

 again. This is particularly the case with 

 Pines, which have a way of drooping their 

 little brown heads despairingly, and refus- 

 ing to stiffen, in which case, if they can- 

 not be freely watered, they are sure to die. 



This year the warm days in April so Pines need 

 quickened all vegetable life, that, when " 

 we set forth in the middle of May in 

 search of new trees for the hill, we found 

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