Evergreen Trees 
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Springfield, Mass. 
EVERGREEN TREES 
In ornamental planting, Evergreen trees excel all others for beautifying new 
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their value 
grounds, because the effect is immediate and continuous throughout the year For 
hedges and screens, and protection from harsh winds, there are none to question 
their va ue Judiciously planted, singly and sparingly, and using those of the 
lighter shades in the foreground, witli groups and masses of dark foliaged varieties 
in the background, a cheertui, life-like home in winter can be produced from what 
may have been a bleak and dreary waste. 
Evergreens, if properly grown for the purpose, may be transplanted in the spring 
and f. August without difficulty ; and at other seasons by skillful gardeners They 
will grow 111 a great variety of soils and require less care and culture than deciduous 
trees. 
Arborvitae, American. Growth erect, columnar, occupying little space 
For single trees, cones, hedges or screens, it is very well suited, as it is eas- 
ily transplanted, and can be pruned as desired. Selected trees 2 ft a^; cts • 
3 to 4 ft., 50 els ; 4 to 5 ft., 75 Cts.; 5 to 6 ft., $1. ' ''^ 
IS^'" For other sizes, see Hedge Plants, page 16. 
Arborvitae, Globe. This tree forms a dense round ball of a pleasing shade 
of green. Its dwarf habit will be understood from the fact that \ve have 
trees 20 y<'ars old which are not 3 feet high. It is hardy everywhere 2 ft 
75cts.; 3 f'., $1. s J . 
Arborvitse, Geo. Peabody. Dwarf ; foliage of a deep and lasting golden 
color. A very choice variety. 3 ft., $1.^0. 
Juniper, Golden Prostrate. A wide spreading evergreen seldom more than 
three teet in hight. When grown in full sunlight it is golden color in Sum- 
mer and coppery golden in winter. 50 cts. to $1.50 each. 
Juniper, Swedish. A dense-growing columnar tree, with sharp, glaucous 
foliage. 50 cts. to $1.00 each. ^ 
Pine, White. Our native timber tree. Foliage light silvery green - re- 
tains Its bright color throughout the year ; one of the choicest evergreens 
we have. 25 cts. to 75 cts. ^ 
Retinospora, Dawson's Cjrpress. This new variety has long plume-like 
branches of the brightest lemon-yellow color, which are constant and strik. 
ing m contrast. Ji to J3. 
Retinospora filifera (Thread-branched Cypress). Leader upright : branches 
slender, pendulous and graceful. The foliage is of a pleasing shade of 
green. $1 to f^. ^ 
Retinospora plumosa. Of very distinct foliage, and with branches like 
long plumes. One of the best. $1 to §4. 
Retinospora plumosa aurea (Japan Golden Plume-like). Beautiful and val- 
uable ; shoots golden tinted all the year. One of the showiest easiest cul- 
tivated lawn trees : unsurpassed for massing or for hedges. $1 to $4. 
Retinospora squarrosa. steel color; round-headed, bushy covered with 
iniiiicrons small leaves of a whitish green lint, densely branched curved 
and gracefully spread ; the leaves are arranged in spirals and are verv 
pleasing to handle. }i to $2. 
Sciadopitys (Umbrella Pine). A very hardy Japanese evergreen, with 
beautiful, dark green foliage, in whorls of umbrella-like tufts Rare anci 
fine. $2 to $5. 
Spruce, Concolor (White Silver Fir). This new and elegant Colorado tree 
has long, glaucous colored leaves and branches, arranged in whorls of a 
picturesque character, being one of the brightest of lawn trees so cts to 
$2.50. 
Spruce, Colorado (Picea Piingeiis). A symmetrical pyramidal tree of great 
beauty trom the Kocky Mountains. Its foliage varies in color from deeo 
green to silvery gray. This is one of the choicest of the new evergreens 
Hardy 111 every exposure, i to 2 ft., 50 cts.; 2 to 3 ft., $1. 
Spruce, Colorado Blue. Perhaps the most popular evergreen now planted 
in the east and the demand for the blue specimens is equal to the sunnlv 
We have a stock of medium-sized trees, all several times transplanted and 
many of them of very fine color. 12 to 18 in., 75 cts.j 18 to 24 iu., $[.50 : 2 to 
ft., $2; 2!^ t03 ft., $2.50; 3 t04 ft., $3. ^ .T'OUi-ito 
