EVERGREENS 



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endeavoring to restrict its use to those firms who deal 

 fairly and honestly with their customers. It is believed 

 that this, in a few years, will be a dependable guide for 

 intending purchasers. 



August is the time to consider the transplanting of 

 evergreens if it is to be done before winter. The season 

 for their transplanting is different from that for decid- 

 uous trees imless unusual care and attention is given to 

 the plants in their new location. This is due to the dif- 

 ference in the character of the plants. Deciduous plants, 

 that is those that shed all their leaves in fall or early 

 winter so that for several months the branches are desti- 

 tute of foliage, are spoken of as dormant during this sea- 



VVith evergreens the condition is different, as the 

 branches are continually covered with foliage during 

 the life of the plant, the new leaves appearing before 

 the old ones drop. In fact, with some trees there may 

 be three or more crops of leaves on the tree at the same 

 time. These leaves are continually giving off moisture, 

 or, as it is called with leaves, transpiring it. This is going 

 on continuously, more actively when the tree is in active 

 growth or when the atmosphere is dry or the wind is 

 blowing, but to a considerable extent all the time. It is 

 because of this greater need for water that evergreen 

 plants need to be handled differently from deciduous 

 plants. 



AN ATTRACTIVE PLi^NTING OF EVERGREENS ABOUT A HOME 



Boxwood and red cedar at the left. Retinospora at the right. Some houses lend themselves best to the entire use of ever- 

 greens, and this is an instance of most eflfective foundation planting, with a distinct dignity and personality. 



son. Jn other words, the life processes are at their lowest 

 ebb and the e.xternal demands of the plant are the least 

 of any season, though they cannot be said to be suspended, 

 as certain processes continue even under these conditions. 

 I- or example, there is a constant evaporation of water 

 from the tops of deciduous plants all through the winter 

 and if the amount supplied the top by the roots is unduly 

 curtailed for any reason the top suffers and may even 

 die. But the amount of this evaporation is so slight in 

 many parts of the country that these trees may be trans- 

 planted at aliTiost any time during the so-called dormant 

 .season with reasonable assurance that the roots will be 

 able to supply sufficient moisture to keep the tops alive. 



The time for transplanting evergreens is when the con- 

 ditions are most favorable for the active formation of 

 new roots combined with the smallest demand of the 

 leaves for moisture. The need for active root growth is 

 so that the plant may as promptly as possible become 

 established in its new location while the desirability of 

 selecting the time of least demand by the leaves for mois- 

 ture is so that the roots will be required to furnish the 

 least possible amount of water until they have regained 

 efficient contact with the soil. 



One of the seasons for meeting these conditions is as 

 early after mid-suirimer as the late summer or fall rains 

 begin, at least in those sections where winter conditions 



