EVERGREENS FOR SPECIMENS OR GROUPS 



Friendly Evergreens 



(See foot of next 

 page also) 



This evergreen 

 makes fine 

 hedges and 

 windbreaks. 



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By planting our small evergreens you can secure a richly furnished effect 

 on your lawn and around your home at small expense, and enjoy a permanent 

 snugness and beauty obtainable from no other class of plants. Plant them at 

 the corners of your house and the angles of the porch, to break the sharp lines 

 of the building and tie it to the ground. Evergreens are an investment in 

 happiness, for they increase in beauty year by year and are always there 

 to enjoy, winter and summer, whenever you step outdoors. Plants are 

 shipped with the roots and soil, balled and bu Happed so they get no 

 setback when transplanted. Small evergreens are fine for decorating 

 miniature golf-courses. All below by express □ 



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amaecyparis 



Retinospora plumosa • Plume Cypress 



Fine for hedges and windbreaks. If you keep these evergreens sheared 

 it makes them more compact and neat-looking. They can be kept 

 trimmed to any height desired. 



Retinospora obtusa gracilis. A rare type, dense in habit, erect, and 

 pyramidal in form. 12 to 15 in., $1.25; 18 to 24 in., very bushy, 

 $2.50 □ 



R. pisifera aurea. Loosely pyramidal with feathery foliage. 12 to 

 15 in., $1.25; 18 to 24 in., $2.50; 2 to 2H ft., very bushy, $3.50 □ 



R. filifera. Grows to 10 feet. Lovely, drooping form with thread-like 

 branchlets. 12 to 18 in., $1.50 each; 18 to 24 in., $2.50 each; 2 to 

 3 ft., $5 □ 



R. plumosa. (See illustration.) Grows to 10 feet. Foliage is light 

 and feathery. 18 to 24 in., $1.50; 2 to 2V 2 ft., $3 □ 



R. plumosa aurea. Grows to 10 feet. Soft, plume-like, golden foliage. 

 12 to 15 in., $2; 18 to 24 in., $3 Q 



R. plumosa lutescens. Dwarf. Low, round-topped bush; bright 

 yellow-tipped branchlets. 6 to 8 in., $1.25; 10 to 12 in., very bushy, 

 $2.50 □ 



squarrosa Veitchi. 

 Dwarf. Silvery blue foli- 

 age with soft woolly ap- 

 pearance. 8 to 10 

 in., $1.25; 12 to 

 15 in., $2.50 □ 



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Faxus • The Yews 



Taxus, or Yews, are the most richly foliaged and the most 

 desirable evergreens for use in cities as they stand the 

 smoke and thrive under adverse conditions. The foliage 

 is black-green, dark, lustrous, and dense. The Japanese 

 varieties are mostly spreading in growth, which is slow 

 and irregular, but the plants can be kept in shape with 

 little trouble by shearing. 



Taxus cuspidata brevifolia (Dwarf Japanese Yew). (See illustration.) This is the most beautiful of the low-growing 

 evergreens for formal effect, to plant at the corners of a house, or in the foreground of other evergreens. The very 

 dark, shiny foliage is remarkable, and symmetrical bushes of almost any design can be made by proper trimming. 

 More expensive than other evergreens but well worth their cost. 12 in., $2.50 Q 



Taxus cuspidata brevifolia (Dwarf Japanese Yew) 



The Junipers 



Juniperus chinensis pfitzeriana 

 Pfitzer's Juniper 



Junipers are extremely hardy and will grow in poor soils, 

 in low, damp ground, or at the seashore, and when once 

 established will thrive in bleak locations. They come in up- 

 right forms and also in low spreading types. 



Juniperus chinensis pfitzeriana. (See illustration.) A low-grow- 

 ing type spreading to pointed, feathery, graceful foliage. 

 The most desirable evergreen of this type. Useful at cor- 

 ners of buildings. 12 to 18 in., $2; 18 to 24 in., $3.50; 2 to 

 2Y 2 ft., $7.50 D 



J. excelsa stricta. Will grow to 30 feet. Compact, well-shaped 

 pyramids. Foliage gray-green. Most useful for formal effects. 

 12 to 15 in., $2.50 □ 



J. virginiana Burki. A narrow and very symmetrical grower with 

 steel-blue foliage. 18 to 24 in., $2.50; 2 to 2^ ft., $3.50; 

 2^ to 3 ft., $5 D 



J. virginiana glauca (Silver Red Cedar). Bluish gray foliage 

 which is more distinctive than the common Red Cedar. A 

 favorite for specimen work. Has the same character of growth 

 as J. virginiana. 2 x /i to 3 ft., $3.50 Q 



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