EVERGREENS FOR SOUTH DAKOTA. 

 N. E. Hansen. 



TABLE OF CONTENTS : 



1. General Notes 7. Management of Young 



2. Transplanting Seedlings 



3. Cultivation 8. Winter-Killing 



4. Pruning 9. Snow-traps and Windbreaks 



5. Propagation from Seed 10. Evergreens in the Black Hills 



6. Nursery-grown vs. Forest u. Description of Varieties 



Seedlings 12. Summary 



General Notes. 



The numerous letters received by this department con- 

 cerning the cultivation and management of evergreens, in- 

 dicate that considerable interest is being taken by planters 

 in the subject. This bulletin is a summary of the experi- 

 ments with evergreens at this Station the past nineteen years, 

 together with the experience of planters in other parts of the 

 state. The object of this is to enable beginners to profit by 

 the experience of others who have made an effort to beautify 

 their home surroundings by planting evergreens on the lawn 

 for ornament, or to secure protection from surface windsweep 

 by planting windbreaks. 



The word "evergreen" is somewhat misleading as some 

 members of the evergreen family drop their leaves in winter, 

 while some plants that retain their leaves during the winter 

 are not members of the great evergreen family. The word 

 u conifer," which means cone-bearer, is a better term. The 

 coniferse or cone-bearers are by far the most important family 

 of forest trees. For example, what would our lumbermen in 

 the west have done without the White Pine ? What would 



