A group of "White Spruce, Nordmann's Fir and Colorado Blue Spruce. They were mostly moved there by our tree-mover, and 
later thinned out by the same. They are at the northeast corner of a terrace, and make an excellent vi^indbreak. 
Hbergreens 
HERE always has been a demand for evergreens for landscape planting. There are 
several reasons why this want has never been adequately filled. First— They were not 
available in quantity at the nurseries. We have overcome this by growing them in hun- 
dred-thousand lots. Second— They were difficult to transplant. We have trained the 
roots for successful transplanting, have invented machinery and appliances for safely and 
quickly moving large evergreens, and have trained the men to do it properly. Third — 
They, would not stand as long shipment as deciduous trees, which shed their foliage and are dormant. 
We have them right here when they are wanted, and they can be taken up with earth on their roots any 
time of the year and planted immediately. Good stone roads radiate from Westbury, making it practi- 
cable to deliver a thousand little pines and plant them in a day, so that they are just as certain to grow as 
poplars or privets. Fourth — The mental picture that some people have of evergreens is gloomy and 
unattractive. This is due to planting such species as the Norway Spruce, which here is often ragged 
and haggard in old age. We have grown and tested nearly every possible species of evergreen and 
their various geographical varieties, and know just about what they will do. Fifth — The evergreens 
love company and mutual protection. Failures have often been due to planting them as isolated speci- 
mens. They have been too rare and too high-priced to plant in quantity. We now offer them at a low 
price in quantity, and big evergreens that give immediate protection. 
The objections and difficulties have thus been largely overcome. The gist of it all is, — you want 
evergreens, we have the right stock and the men to plant it. We have the knowledge of where and 
how to plant them, and where not to plant the different species. One cannot expect to reproduce the 
evergreen effects of England, France, California, Oregon, Canada and North Carolina, by indiscriminately 
ordering the species from those regions. Millions are being wasted that way, and infinitely worse, the 
Botanical gardens and arboretums will find here nearly every hardy species of evergreen. We shall 
be glad to exchange or give rare trees to test. We have many species not described in the Catalogue. 
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