68 THE FLOWER GARDEN COMPANION. 



early in the spring. The spot selected for this purpose 

 should be partially shaded from the mid-day sun, which often 

 scalds the young plants in the summer months. The ground 

 may be prepared in the usual way for sowing seed, and the 

 seed may be sown in shallow drills twelve inches apart. The 

 young plants will require to be kept in good order during the 

 summer, and should be watered in dry weather, in order to 

 keep them in a growing state. In the following spring, the 

 seedling plants may be transplanted on a well prepared piece 

 of ground in rows eighteen inches apart, and six inches in the 

 rows, where they may remain until their final planting into 

 the place assigned for them. 



Planting of evergreens requires to be carefully done, in 

 order to succeed well ; indeed, there are more evergreens lost 

 by mismanagement in planting than any other class of plants. 

 In the first place, no evergreen ought to be out of the ground, 

 but a very short time, unless the roots are taken up with a 

 ball of earth, which should be wrapped round with old mats, 

 or cloth of some kind, in order to keep them compact toge- 

 ther. When the roots of any kind of evergreen are laid bare 

 for several days, they are almost certain to die, and from this 

 cause alone we see so many dead plants, which have been 

 purchased at the market, and elsewhere, that have been pro- 

 cured from dry locations, and the roots have been deprived 

 of earth or laid bare in taking from the ground. The best 

 time for planting is early in the fall, as at that time, if this 

 business is well done, the plants will make young fibrous 

 roots, and be established in the ground before winter. A 

 moist, rainy time should be chosen if possible, and the holes 

 should be dug before taking the plants from the ground, when 

 they may be taken immediately from the nursery and planted 

 in them, in order to succeed ; and by taking these precau- 

 tions, planting of evergreens is a very safe and easy business. 

 The distributing and planting will, of course, depend on cir- 

 cumstances before named. I shall, therefore, proceed to give 

 a list of the best varieties for this purpose. 



