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is very slow, and in the winter its foliage becomes dark and 

 dingy. 



The Dwarf or Ground Juniper Juniperus Communis, 

 and the Sweedish and Irish Junipers, which aite varieties 

 of this species, is an evergreen which we must not overlook 

 or neglect. It might have been placed among the other 

 shrubs, but I prefer noticing it here. It is a prostrate or 

 ascending shrub, with a profusion of branches spreading 

 in all directions, and is very ornamental. It will nourish 

 on the most exposed gravelly and barren knolls, of the bluff 

 where few other things will grow. If extensively planted 

 in these places, it would relieve them of their barren aspect, 

 and add much to the beauty of our city. They may be 

 obtained at most of the nurseries. 



The Arbor Vita Thuja Occidentalis, is the best evergreen 

 for ornamental screens and hedges. It prefers rocky 

 places, the borders of streams or swamps, but grows well 

 on the bluff, as it does on prairie soil generally. 



Doubtless other evergreens will grow here, and I hope 

 more may be introduced on trial, but the success of those 

 we have named is already an assured fact. 



In this climate, all transplanting of trees should be done 

 in spring. They should be neither too large nor too small, 

 but about medium size. If they are too large they will not do 

 so well, and if they are too small it involves an unnecessary 

 loss of time. They should be dug up carefully, and plenty of 

 roots taken with them. The roots should be exposed neither 

 to the sun nor cold air, nor be allowed to dry. Many trees 

 are ruined in this way before they are set. Never buy or 

 receive trees that are brought into the city with the roots 

 exposed, unless it is a cloudy, damp day, and you know 

 they have been recently dug. As the roots are necessarily 

 more or less broken and cut off, the to^ should be cut back 



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