EVERGREEN TREES 



TO persons who have visited, and become familiar 

 with, the country seats of Europe, it is difficult 

 to explain why evergreens in America fail to 

 thrive as well, and live as long, as they do over there, 

 for the soil and climate are not very unlike; it may 

 be that they are a little moister on the other side, per- 

 haps, and less liable to sudden changes of temperature, 

 but, on the whole, they are very similiar. One of the 

 most difficult lessons for foreign horticulturists to learn 

 is the necessity, if success is to be assured, of adapting 

 the selection of plants, and their treatment, strictly to 

 the results of experience in America, without regard to 

 Old World standards. Whether an evergreen is likely 

 to live long is not so much the question as whether 

 there is a likelihood of its beauty exhibiting a reasonable 

 amount of endurance. If the lower limbs of trees are 

 likely to die, or a rusty appearance sets in, at various 

 points, as a result of disease and attacks of insects and 

 the vicissitudes of different seasons of heat and cold, we 

 will hardly like to try them, although there may be a 

 fair chance of their lasting in some shape for many years. 

 Naturally, every one, especially if he is inexperienced, 

 is tempted to try evergreens, particularly if they are 



