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F. & F. Nurseries, 



EVERGREEN TREES AND SHRUBS. 



Evergreens are difficult to transplant and both the time and manner of transplant- 

 ing should be looked to. They should never be set in the fall, and after the growth of 

 other trees has ceased. They may be set in August and September, or m spring, but 

 they should be subjected to as little exposure as possible and be set with great care. 

 Fvergreens give color to the landscape in winter, are useful for making windbreaks and 

 hedges, and especially for screening unsightly objects from view ; the dwarf varieties 

 are used now for massing in beds, as by a judicious selection the effect produced is most 

 gorgeous through the year. 

 ABIES (Picea, Spruce). 



* Alba, White (25 ft.) — Foliage of a silvery green and more closely set than in the 



Norway Spruce ; a noble tree ; in form most regular, thrives near the sea coast. 

 Alcockiana (20 ft.) — Moderate pyramidal growth, leaves deep green above, some 

 what concave, streaked with glaucous and yellow bands below. A choice and 

 curious evergreen 



* Canadensis, Hemlock (40 ft.)— An elegant native pyramidal tree with drooping 



branches and delicate, dark foliage, like that of the Yew ; distinct from all other 

 trees. It is a beautiful lawn tree and makes a highly ornamental hedge. 

 — Nana (3 to 6 ft.) — A dwarf form of the preceding. Very compact. 

 — Sargentii Pendtlla (Sargent's Weeping Hemlock, 8 ft. 1 - Compact and 

 spreading habit, with graceful spray-like pendulous branches. Permanent weep- 

 ing habit, like an evergreen fountain. A most beautiful evergreen. Ver3' rare. 

 *Douglassi (Douglass 50 ft.)— One of the best of the Rocky Mountain trees. 

 Foliage brilliant pea-green, the branches partially pendulous, a vigorous grower. 

 One of the choicest evergreens for the lawn. 



ISngelmanni (20 ft. )— A Colorado evergreen of much 

 beauty, its foliage on the under side being of a light blue 

 color It is of slow growih and dense habit. Quite a 

 rare sort. 



*]$xcelsa (Norway 50 ft.)— A lofty, elegant tree, of per- 

 fectly pyramidal habit, remarkably elegant and rich, and 

 as it gets age, has fine graceful, "'pendulous branches; it 

 is exceedingly picturesque and beautiful. Verv popular, 

 and deservedly so, and should be largely planted. One 

 of the best evergreens for hedges. 

 —Norway Aurea (20 ft.)— A variety of more dwarf habit, 

 and distinctly marked golden foliage. Very distinct and 

 charming. 



—Conic a (3 to 4 ft.)— This is of dwarf, compact habit, 

 broad at the base ; of conical growth without any pruning. 

 A useful sort in ornamental planting, where a very dwarf 



NORWAY SPRUCE. hld^^ ^ ^ r6qUired ' ° T ^ ^ ever g reen 



IJlegans Pendula (20 ft.) — The golden weeping Norway Spruce. Very 

 effective. 



—Gregoriana— (Gregory's Spruce, 4 ft.)— Of dwarf hemispherical form, dense 

 habit, and dark green foliage. Good for cemeteries and small places. 



— *Inverta Weeping (10 ft. )— A pendulous variety of the Norway Spruce, the 

 branches regularly and closely hugging the main stem, the most picturesque of all 

 the spruces. 



— Pumila (Dwarf Black Spruce)— A fine variety, growing from 2 to 3 feet in 

 height and 3 to 4 feet in breadth. Foliage dark colored. 



