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Fir, conoolor, continued 

 color of evergreens and, 

 therefore, can be used 

 in larger masses. It is 

 a tree with an appear- 

 ance of stability, of 

 rich elegance and dig- 

 nity. No insect, fungus 

 or climate troubles have 

 developed. It is per- 

 fectly hardy, even on 

 the seacoast of New 

 England. It is broader, 

 more solid and perma- 

 nent-looking than most 

 of the other evergreens, 

 and promises to be a 

 long-lived tree, retain- 

 ing its lower branches 

 in perfect condition. 



The reason it has not 

 become more com- 

 monly planted is be- 

 cause of its compara- 

 tively recent discov- 

 ery and the more start- 

 ling novelty, the Colo- 

 rado Blue Spruce. 



Most of the. plantf 

 are supplied from 

 Europe, and some are 

 grafted from side 



shoots, making crooked trees. Another trouble is 

 that some of the foreign stock is of the variety 

 native to California, and, therefore, not so hardy. 

 It has long, coarse roots, and occasional root- 

 pruning is necessary to keep it in condition for 

 successful transplanting. 



We have grown onr larger trees in squares 

 where they have ample room to develop, so 

 that they can be root-pruned. It may be a trite 

 saying that it should be in every collection, at 

 least in every collection that has room for a 

 dozen trees of medium growth. 

 Cephalonian. A. Cephalonica. Named from the 

 island it inhabits on the west coast of Greece. 

 It resembles the Nordmann's Fir and makes a 

 broad, dark green tree of rich and solid appearance. 

 Siberian. A. Sibirica. A promising, rapid-growing 

 Fir of soft foliage; lighter green in color than the 

 other Firs. 



Eraser's Balsam. A. Fraseri. This is native of 

 the southern Allegheny mountains, and, so far 

 as we have tested it, makes a handsome, narrow 

 pyramid of dark green foliage with the delightful 

 spicy aroma familiar to those who know the 

 balsam pillows. It promises to be better adapted 

 to this climate than the Balsam Fir of the north- 

 ern forests. We have a number of well-formed 

 specimens offered at low rates. 



Sub-Alpine. A. sub-alpina. A handsome, blue- 

 green species from the Rocky mountains, resem- 

 bling Concolor Fir. 



Noble. A. nobilis glauca. A dwarf, compact bush 

 of bluish foliage, of value only in collections. 



American Hemlock 



(Tsuga Canadensis) 



The most graceful evergreen for this region. It is 

 native to Long Island, but that fact is known to 

 very few people because of its rarity at present. 

 Like the White Pine, it was probably cut off by the 

 early settlers and the remnants nearly exterminated 



Concolor Firs moved by Hicks Tree-Moving apparatus for Mr. H. McK. Twombly, 



Madison, N. J. 



American Hemlock, continued 



by the forest fires and crowding of deciduous trees. 

 It is now growing wild at Oyster Bay, Cold Spring, 

 East Norwich, Wheatly, Glen Cove, Roslyn, Port 

 Washington, and The Alley at Little Neck. 



It is not good for seaside planting. There is a 

 map published by the New York Commission for 

 Additional Water Supply, showing the amount of 

 salt, or sodium chloride in the rain-water on different 

 parts of Long Island. At Southampton there are 

 sixteen parts of chlorine in a million parts of water. 

 In the center of Long Island there are four parts and 

 on the north shore seven parts. The California 

 Privet (Ligustrum ovalifolium), native to the coast 

 of Japan, thrives best and is hardiest where there 

 is the most salt, not because of the salt, but because 

 the ocean influence makes the climate moist and 

 equable. 



Hemlock thrives best where there is the least 

 ocean influence. It is damaged on the south shore 

 of Long Island by the warm winter winds from the 

 ocean, which excite the transpiration of sap from the 

 foliage. These winds are alternate with dry, cold, 

 northwest winds. A few hundred yards from the 

 coast, the Hemlock will thrive if in a grove of trees 

 or shrubs of similar size. 



We woul-d not advise planting Hemlock isolated 

 on the crest of a bare hill. If you want a Hemlock 

 hedge in such a position, trim the plants to make 

 them dense. 



We have a large stock of extra-sized Hemlocks, 

 5 to 9 feet high, that have been sheared to dense, 

 handsome pyramids. They are suitable for hedges 

 or screen groups, windbreaks and massing about the 

 foundation of a house. Such Hemlocks are especial- 

 ly valuable for planting around the base of groups 

 of tall Cedars. It frequently occurs that Cedars 

 20 to 30 feet high are planted as a screen to buildings, 

 as windbreaks, or background for flower gardens. 

 The bases of such trees are occasionally bare of foli- 

 age and irregular. The Hemlocks are naturally full 

 at the base, and their graceful outlines give a touch 

 of beauty to the groups. 



