Residence of Mr. C. I. Hudson, East Norwich, Long Island. The house was located by a grove of tall Chestnut trees. 

 Af*er these died, White Pines from stock in our nurseries, 20 to 30 feet high, were planted 



Evergreens 



HE LARGEST DEPARTMENT in our nurseries is devoted to Evergreens— they 

 are our hobby. It used to be a class of trees we avoided because many varieties 

 were apt to die when transplanted, or they were liable to be damaged by the winter. 

 We have overcome these difficulties, and have invented apparatus for trans- 

 planting all sizes successfully. We are growing varieties which are hardy and look 

 cheerful all the year. Every species likely to be hardy is being tested at our nur- 

 series. To test more widely, we are giving away collections to be planted on the 

 coast and in the interior, on wind-swept dry hills, and in rich, sheltered valleys. 

 In ten or twenty years there will be material for an accurate report on their hardi- 

 ness and value for landscape-, shelter- and forest-planting. 



This test will probably prove that the best Evergreens for New England, 

 New York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey are those native to this locality and parts 

 of the world having a January average temperature of about thirty-two degrees, 

 with a mean annual variation or difference between the January average and July 

 average of forty to sixty degrees. This includes the Mountains of Japan, Korea, 

 Manchuria, Western China, Siberia, Caucasus Mountains, the Taurus Mountains 

 in Asia Minor, and the Balkan Peninsula; also the southern Appalachian 

 Mountains and the Rocky Mountains. 



This classification omits a large number of Evergreens which are common in 

 the trade, and which are native to more equable climates, with a variation between 

 the Juily average and the January average of from twenty to thirty degrees. These 

 regions are Western Europe, California, Oregon, and the warmer parts 9f Japan. 

 These more or less tender, short-lived varieties we are growing in comparatively 

 small quantities. 



The hardy species we are growing in large quantities from seed, and we believe this is the only ornamental 

 nursery in the East doing this. As a result, we have a very large quantity at low prices. These little Evergreens 

 are the cheapest and, in fact, the only practical way to start a large forest- or landscape-planting. If you have a 

 hill on which to plant ten acres of Pines,7t makes no difference in the result whether you plant two-year-old seedlings 

 4 inches high, or trees 2 feet high. At the end of four years the field will look the same. 



If you wish to form a background to your residence, or landscape-planting, or make a screen, we have hundreds of 

 Pines, Cedars, Spruces and Firs 20 to 30 feet high, and fifteen to forty years old, suitable for delivery at any time of 

 the year. Of medium-sized Evegreeens 2 to 5 feet high, the size usually sold by nurserymen, we have a large and very 

 superior stock. They are grown wide apart, the tops have been pinched back to make them dense and symmetrical, they 

 are root-pruned or transplanted to make an abundance of fibrous roots, and when delivered to you, these roots are pre- 

 served in a big ball of earth, bigger than usual. 



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Booth's Dwarf Arborvitae i }4 feet 

 high, as shipped from the nurseries 

 with ball of earth and burlap. 



