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August, 1907 



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More About Planting Evergreens 



SPRING is the very best season. The 

 exact date cannot be absolutely 

 stated, however, because the seasons vary 

 each year. It may be as early as the last 

 week in April, or as late as the second week 

 in May in northern New Jersey. The 

 spring moving immediately precedes the 

 season of growth and conditions are with the 

 operator. But you can commence too early 

 in spring as well as too late. 



The most favorable moment is just when 

 the new season's growth is putting forth its 

 tender shoots and they are about an inch or 

 so in length. Dig a pine, spruce or fir in 

 that state and you will find root growth 

 slightly in advance of top growth and the 

 tree, if well and rightly planted and cared 

 for, will succeed and continue its growth 

 for the year. 



As the result of too early removal — before 

 the buds have started — the trees lived but 

 remained dormant, not a vestige of new 

 growth being put forth until the following 

 year. 



I have dug white pine and white Douglas 

 and hemlock spruces ten feet high, in May 

 without a vestige of soil adhering to the roots 

 (let alone the much vaunted ball of earth) 

 and transplanted them without loss. I would 

 not dare to do this in August unless I could 

 offset the risk by shading and daily syringing 

 the tree, if indeed this would suffice. 



Spring planted evergreens tell their own 

 story of life or death in a few weeks at the 

 most after planting. When you plant in 

 August, growth is completed and you cannot 

 call the roll of living until the following 

 spring, for though some may succumb 

 speedily from the heat of what remains of 

 summer sun, a still larger number may retain 

 their verdure through fall and winter. A 

 great deal of August planting is done in 

 some nurseries, more from expediency than 

 choice, since the owners are too busy in 

 spring digging and shipping orders. 



New Jersey. A. Herrington 



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 well established to withstand successfully 

 this trying ordeal of winter. Even when well 

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 come out in the spring with a very wrinkled 



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