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Norway Spruce windbreaks protecting fine young apple orchard — a splendid combination. Such, windbreaks are good around 



bams, houses and fields anywhere 



Evergreens 



By far the most important use of Evergreens is for windbreaks. Norway Spruce, Scotch, Austrian and 

 White Pine, American Arborvitae. Blue Cedar and Hemlock Spruce grow rapidly and thick and make a 

 windbreak that soon shuts out wind and snow and sleet in winter, or dry, hot winds in summer. In the 

 Central West, farmers have found that it pays them to have evergreen windbreaks protecting their fields 

 every 300 yards. The chief benefit comes from preventing evaporation during dry summers. In case you 

 have a truck patch, or any piece of land where the crop is valuable, a break on the side of the prevailing 

 winds will conserve a great deal of precious moisture. Stock-yards and barns should be protected by ever- 

 green breaks. 



In the case of orchards, moisture is conser\-ed and, In addition, the Evergreens will eliminate practically 

 all danger of crops blowing oft" in a gale. Spraying, picking and other orchard work can be done in break- 

 protected orchards on windy days, where you would have to stop if the wind had full sweep. In "How to 

 Grow and Market Fruit," we have fully explained the use of breaks for orchards. 



Write us. ii you do not know what would be required, telling about your situation, giving measurements, 

 etc., and we will suggest a planting plan, tell you what trees will be required and their cost. 



AMERICAN ARBORVIT^. Much used lor Pyramidal Arborvitae. The name is descriptive. 



hedges, screens, singly on lawns, and in tubs for It is narrow-based, pointed, very upright, dense and 



porches, etc. It is a handsome little tree, and if 

 allowed to grow naturally will be quite tall and 

 pyramid-shaped. Can be trimmed and kept in 

 any form and height. In the summer the foliage 

 is bright green above, yellowish beneath, and when 

 winter comes this changes to the richest tones of 

 brown and bronze. 15 in., 20 cts. each, S2 for 10, 

 S7 per 100; 15 to 18 in.; 25 cts. each, S2. 50 tor 10, 

 $9 per 100; 18 to 25 in., 35 cts. each, S3 for 10, S20 

 per 100; 2 to 3 ft., 40 cts. each, S4 lor 10, $25 per 

 100; 3 to -i- ft., 60 cts. each, S6 for 10, S40 per 100. 



Globular Arborvitae. Bright green color and 

 globe-shaped form made by the dense, compact 

 growth of branches and foliage, and odd and dif- 

 ferent, yei graceful and formal. 2 to 3 ft., 75 cts. 

 each; 3 to 4 ft.. Si each. 



George Peabody's Golden Arborvitae. A very 

 handsome tree, growing in broad, pyramidal form. 

 Its most striking feature is that each season's 

 growth is a golden yellow color all that year. 12 in., 

 50 cts. each. S4 for 10, S30 per 100; 18 to 24 in., 

 Si each, S9 for 10; 2 to 3 it., Si. 50 each, S12.50 tor 10. 



Japanese Arborvitae. A small, conical -growing 

 tree, with right-angle branches and lustrous green 

 foliage. Prices the same as for Golden. 



Oriental Arborvitae. Low, thick, bushy and 

 compact evergreens. They are very hardy, and will 

 grow anywhere. The foliage is bright green in sum- 

 mer, but gets bronze or yellow in winter. 4 to 6 ft., 

 75 cts. 



compact. Planted under the branch tips of a wide- 

 spreading tree, it has the effect ot a column support- 

 ing the bulk above. 3 to 4 ft., 50 cts. each, S4 for lO; 

 S30 per 100. S250 per 1,000; 2 to 3 ft., 40 cts. each, 

 S3 for 10, S20 per 100, $175 per 1,000; 4 to 5 ft., $1 

 each, S7.50 for 10. 



Siberian Arborvitae. A dense, sharp-pointed, 

 broad-based little tree, ^\■ilh greenish brown foUage 

 toward the top and bluish foliage on lower branches, 

 which are short and stiff. 3 ft., 75 cts. each, S6 for 10. 



Western Arborvitae. A rapid grower, regular 

 and handsome in form. Color is glossy green above 

 with silvery spots beneath. It grows tall and narrow, 

 with short branches hanging down. 3 ft., S6 for 10; 

 2 ft., S4 for 10. 



Juniperus Virginiana, Blue Cedar has the 

 spicy fragrance, beauty, hardiness and adaptability 

 of Red Cedar, and in addition, is a vigorous grower, 

 vrith. handsome foHage, both in color and compact- 

 ness. 2 to 3 ft., 40 cts., each S3 for 10, S20 per 100, 

 Si 75 per 1,000; 3 to 4 ft., 50 cts. each. S4 for 10, 

 S30 per 100, S250 per i.ooo; 4 to 5 ft., Si each. S7.50 

 for 10. 



Indian Cedar, or Deodara Cedar, Bluish green 

 color. It is of majestic pyramid shape and the ever- 

 green leaves grow in bunches, with, cones 5 and 6 

 inches long here and there in the branches. 12 to 18 

 in., 25 cts. each, S2 for 10, S15 per 100; 18 to 24 in., 

 50 cts. each, S4 for 10, S35 per 100; 2 to 3 ft., 75 cts. 

 each, S6 for 10, 



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