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THE CHASE NURSERIES, GENEVA. NEW YORK 
Evergreens 
Evergreens are always valuable for landscape work, whether the grounds be large or small, 
as the great range of varieties and sizes can be made to furnish specimens adapted to all situations. 
The deep green foliage makes a striking setting for the brilliant colors of all summer flowers. 
A carefully selected planting of evergreens greatly enhances the beauty of the home grounds, 
not only in summer, but in the winter season when the landscape is barren of foliage, and the 
absence of other color tends to increase the intensity of the rich green of the evergreens and brings 
out their beauty of form in a most striking manner. 
Evergreens are somewhat difficult to transplant and they should never be set in the fall. In 
planting, the soil should be firmly and thoroughly pressed down in close contact with the roots. 
Heavy watering at transplanting time and for several weeks thereafter is essential to success. 
If the soil about the newly transplanted evergreens is kept mulched with well-rotted leaves, 
strawy manure or grass clippings, the rapid evaporation of moisture is prevented, and the roots 
protected from sudden changes of temperature during the winter. 
The Norway Spruce stands par excellence among all the evergreens as a windbreak, and 
makes a superb specimen tree when planted alone. It is one of the most rapid-growing evergreens, 
and is perfectly hardy anywhere. 
Colorado Blue Spruce is also perfectly hardy and one of the most beautiful of the spruces; 
a striking object in any landscape. 
For many years we have given close attention to the propagation and cultivation of ever- 
green trees, and our present stock comprises a large collection of all the best kinds. We grow and 
catalogue only those varieties that can be most successfully transplanted, and can recommend 
and furnish no other sorts than those named herein. 
Arborvitae • Thuya 
American (T. occidentalis). Slender and 
pyramidal, with soft, flat filaments of foliage. 
Upright in growth; it is desirable for formal 
plantings. Can be sheared for hedge purposes. 
Hovey's Golden (T. Uovcyi). A seedling 
from the American, with heavy golden foliage 
and quite dwarfish. 
Pyramidal {T. pyramidaUs). A strong and 
rapid grower; best of its kind; more dense than 
the familiar American variety. Perfectly hardy. 
Siberian {T. Sibirica). The hardiest of all 
kinds. Especially valuable for cold climates; 
dense and shapely; of medium height. 
Tom Thumb ( T. Ellwangeriana). Pretty and 
hardy, with silvery foliage; low-growing and 
compact. Valuable for small enclosures. 
