Specimen Evergreen Trees. 
TT is only in the comparatively recent years that the ever- 
greens have assumed their present importance in landscape 
work. Their new value is perhaps the result of the increasing 
popularity of country estates which are occupied by their 
owners during the Winter months. The shape of evergreens 
and the diversity and warmth of their coloring, as well as then- 
usefulness during the entire twelve months of the year, have 
assured and encouraged their use in all well considered gardens. 
All the trees offered in this Catalogue are grown at Ama- 
walk. Some have been trimmed into symmetrical shape for 
formal effects. Others are left to their natural beauty of 
form for lawn and mass planting. We have large numbers of 
Arborvitae, Hemlocks and Norway Spruce which have been 
especially prepared for hedge planting. These trees have 
been frequently sheared to make their growth thick to the 
tops, and will form impenetrable hedges as soon as planted. 
We wish to again call your attention to the extra large 
sizes in which our specimen evergreens can be supplied. We 
have at Amawalk not a few large specimens, but thousands 
of fully developed, magnificent nursery grown trees. We 
might add that there is no comparison possible between a 
nursery grown tree, whose whole life has been a preparation 
for transplanting, and a tree moved from a field or forest 
without the years of previous care. 
