complish in the early Fall everything that need 

 not be done in the Spring. Shrubs and ever- 

 greens planted in the Fall are usually well estab- 

 lished by the following Spring, and they are hardy 

 enough to go through their first Winter with a 

 slight protection, which it is important they 

 should have. I do not protect them after the 

 first Winter. I have found that evergreens can 

 be planted almost any time it is convenient, and 

 we may have immediately the effects we desire. 

 But naturally the best time is either in the Spring 

 or early Fall — I prefer the early Fall, September 

 preferably, as August we know is usually a very 

 dry month. 



PLANTING EVERGREENS 



For me there is but one correct method of 

 planting evergreens, and I will describe it as com- 

 prehensibly as possible ; but before doing so I wish 

 to tell you that last Fall — to be exact, the last 

 week in September — I personally superintended 

 the planting of over two hundred valuable ever- 

 greens, of almost every size and shape imaginable; 

 among them were lofty Red Cedars, White 



