CHAPTER VIII 

 CHECK-LIST OF WOODY EVERGREENS 



THE number of plants that may be listed as evergreens 

 in one or another part of North America is very large. 

 It is manifestly impracticable to endeavor to describe 

 all of these plants in a single volume. It will aid the grower, 

 however, to have before him an alphabetic list of such plants, 

 of a woody and therefore enduring nature, as are offered for 

 sale in the country or are recommended by landscape planters 

 and others. This hst is compiled by Prof. Ralph W. Curtis, 

 of the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell 

 University, specially for this book. It should serve a good 

 purpose as a record of our resources and also as a suggestive 

 planting-list. 



In subtropical and tropical regions are many plants green 

 the year around, not being deciduous, that are not entered 

 in this check-list. These constitute quite another problem. 



EXPLANATIONS 



B means broad-leaved evergreen. 



P means protect by cover or sheltered position north of New York City. 



R means rare in northern plantings. 



S means semi-evergreen, i.e., holding leaves late in the fall. 



T means tender below 20° F. when dormant, i.e., same range as oranges. 



1 means northeastern States. 



2 means Southern States and California, except in the more mountainous regions. 



Under the latter conditions both in the South and on the west coast many plants 

 marked 1 will succeed and many plants marked 2 will he tender. 



All plants marked IP should succeed in the South and on the west coast as far 

 north as Oregon and Washington. The natural range of each plant is given in the 

 text. With this in mind and A\ith due regard for special soil requirements, the grower 

 should be able to adjust individual cases. 



Regarding the use of northern evergreens in the South, Norman C. Butts, of Ash- 

 ford Park Nurseries, Atlanta, Georgia, writes as follows: "It is possible to grow here 

 anything that will grow in New York, but there are many things which are not satis- 

 factory unless given conditions that will help them overcome summer heat. Partial 

 shade, rich soil, plenty of moistux-e and a northern slope, all help." 



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