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Evergreens 
SPRUCES, continued 
Engelmann's. P. Engelmanni. This valuable tree 
from the Rocky Mountains is a dark blue-green 
pyramid. Its hardiness is thoroughly proven, 
and it promises to be long-lived and to retain its 
beauty in old age. 
Tiger-tail. P. polita. A distinct tree from Japan, 
with fiercely bristling needles of yellowish green 
color. It is an irregular, picturesque tree of great 
hardiness. 
P. Omorika. Recently discovered in Montenegro, 
it shows that even in Europe new species can be 
discovered. So far as tested, it is a good tree, 
with a bluish cast to the under side of the 
foliage. 
Douglas. Pseudotsuga Douglasii. This tree illus- 
trates most clearly the importance of exact 
knowledge of the source of seed. Trees im- 
Douglas Spruce, continued 
ported from France grew rapidly for several 
years, and when 12 feet high some were killed to 
the snow-line. A large quantity of seed was 
planted that was said to have been collected at 
about 8,000 feet on Pike's Peak, Col. They died 
even in a mild winter. Seed from the valleys in 
Colorado will not be hardy north of the Ohio 
River. The climate map on page 5 shows why 
the form from Oregon, with its equable climate, 
thrives in Scotland and fails in the variable cli- 
mate here. Douglas Spruce from the higher 
altitudes in Colorado is hardy here, and never 
turned a leaf in the severe winters of 1903-04. It 
is one of the most rapid-growing Spruces. It. 
differs from others in having a softer texture and 
more graceful outline. The color ranges from a 
pure bright green to a dark blue-green. 
YILW. Taxus 
The Yews have a strong hold on the affections. Unfortunately thousands of dollars are wasted 
annually importing the English and Irish Yews, and planting them where they lead a ragged and 
miserable existence or soon die. There are a number of fine old English Yews on Long Island in places 
sheltered from the winds and partially shaded in winter, as in a hollow in open woodland or a slightly 
moist place in a partially shaded lawn. We have a quantity of established plants that we recommend for 
this purpose, and some Golden Yew suitable for carpet bedding with evergreens. 
Japanese. T. cuspidata. There are forms of this 
which will make the Yew as valuable an element 
in landscape here as in England. This forms a 
spreading tree of several trunks 10 feet high and 
twice as broad. The severest winter or bright 
sun does not injure it. Its foliage has the rich, 
solid, dark green lustrous tone that is expected 
of such aristocratic plants as Yew and Boxwood. 
T. cuspidata, var. capitata. This forms a more up- 
right plant, with the single leader giving it the 
form of a fir or hemlock. 
Dwarf Japanese. T. cuspidata^ var. brevifolia. 
This looks like a plant from up near the timber- 
line. It is even darker green than the others. 
Dwarf Japanese, continued 
The growth is thick and stubby. It will grow to 
3 feet high and 15 feet wide. 
English. T. baccata. A thick-branched shrub 
with very dark leaves. 
Golden English. T. baccata, var, aurea. 
Spreading Yew. T. baccata, var. repandens. A 
graceful plant, growing 4 feet high and twice as 
broad. The branchlets arch gracefully at the 
tips. It is very rare and is hardy. 
Canadian Yew. T. Canadensis. This will make a 
carpet of green moss 2 feet deep and several 
feet wide. 
A Final Word on Z^vergreens 
Before investing your land and time extensively in evergreens, you need impartial scientific facts.- 
See "Notes on Cultivated Conifers," by Professor C. S. Sargent, Director of Arnold Arboretum, 
Harvard, in " Garden and Forest," October 6 to December 29, 1897. 
See "The Best Hardy Evergreens for Every Place and Purpose," by Henry Hicks, "Garden 
Magazine," February, 1905. 
See "Soil and Climate Chart of Long Island." Ten pages in former edition of this catalogue, 
sent on request. 
See pages 4, 5 and 28 of this catalogue. Write us your location, or have an inspection and report. 
Then you will know what to plant. 
