TWENTY-FOUR 



When to 

 Move 



Evergreens 



Tree-mover No. 13 moving a White Pine 35 feet high and 30 feet broad, 18 inches in diameter, fifty years 

 old, from our nursery. The weight is carried on a steel cross shaft, and the tree laid down to go under trolley 

 wires. All the trees moved oii this mover have lived. 



N answering this question, we say all the year for evergreens over 6 feet. From May 

 20 to August 1 , the growth is soft and may get a little bruised. Moving evergreens 

 in August and September, March, April and May, is successful with all sizes. 



December to March, for trees 6 feet to 40 feet high, is all right for the trees, 

 and economical. Other work is not pressing, and the frost and snow help more 

 than hinder. Mulch the ground to permit easy digging. Do not let a little frost veto the work. Use 

 1 6-pound sledge hammer, 2-foot cold chisel and 9-pound pickaxe. People are so accustomed to 

 stopping all grading work at the first December freeze that they do not realize how easy it is to 

 keep at work among the evergreens for at least two and a half months of even a severe winter. 

 Among the big pines and cedars the frost does not penetrate. Not since 1 903-04 has there been 

 deep freezing, and then we moved into the nursery several thousand pines and cedars. 



In the winter of 1907 and 1908 thirteen carloads of White Pine and Hemlock, up to 27 feet 

 high, were brought to our nursery. All lived. During the financial depression and seasons of the 

 year when people do not think of planting, we manufacture big trees. 



There was a beautiful building site for a large stone residence overlooking Long Island Sound, but it was sur- 

 rounded by a series of small buildings typical of an old Long Island fishing village. These Pines 25 feet high, and 

 carloads of large evergreens we have planted, will make it almost as secluded as an estate ten times the area. Have 

 you a problem like this for us to solve this Winter? 



Two large White Pines 30 feet high and 

 22 feet broad loaded on a barge. These and 

 a barge load of Cedars 25 feet high were 

 planted to make an evergreen background for 

 a mausoleum in Woodlawn Cemetery. Heins 

 and La Farge, Architects. 



