102 OHta EXPERIMENT STATION: BULLETIN 190 



SUMMARY. 



Because of their enduring" foliage, evergreens should b.e more 

 extensively planted about country homes, whether used in straight- 

 row windbreaks or mingled informally with other trees on the lawn. 

 From the ornamental standpoint, they abound in rich, dark shades 

 of green, equally valuable as a background for deciduous trees or 

 flowering shrubs and plants. 



The finest of the larger ornamental evergreens are the White 

 Pine, Colorado Blue Spruce, White or Silver Fir, Oriental Spruce 

 and American Hemlock. Of the smaller ones none is better than 

 Siberian, Hovey's Golden, Pyramidal or Globe Arborvitae, Thread- 

 branched Japan Cypress, Graceful Obtuse-leaved Japan Cypress and 

 Plume-like Japan Cypress. 



The best evergreens bearing foliage in shades of yellow are 

 Geo, Peabody Arborvitae, Golden Pea-fruited Japan Cypress and 

 Golden Plume-like Japan Cypress. 



In making an evergreen hedge ttse American Hemlock or 

 Siberian Arborvitae. 



For specimens to be shorn into fanciful shapes, use common 

 Red Cedar, Blue-tinted Cedar or any Arborvitae. 



As a protection to farm buildings, the barn-yard* or poultry 

 run, a good windbreak will repay its cost in a few years in the 

 saving of fuel or feed. 



The length of time consumed in its growth need not deter any- 

 one from making a windbreak, as results may be secured in half a 

 dozen years by planting thickly, subsequent thinning to be practiced. 



For the construction of windbreaks and shelter belts the White 

 Pine, Norway Spruce, Austrian and Scotch Pines and American 

 Arborvitae have no superiors. These kinds all grow rapidly and 

 are not lacking in vigor or adaptability to thin soils, exposed situa- 

 tions and other adverse conditions. 



It is hoped that no reader will so misconstrue any part of this 

 publication as to plan evergreens exclusively about the home. De- 

 ciduous trees occupy a place in any scheme for .beautifying lawns 

 which conifers alone do not and cannot fill. When surrounded and 

 completely enveloped in a dense growth of evergreens, a style of 

 planting somewhat prevalent a few decades ago and of which ex- 

 amples are even now occasionally seen, a residence becomes dark, 

 gloomy, damp and dangerous to health. 



