POUGHKEEPSIE, NEW YORK 5 
An attractive comer on our show grounds 
Coniferous Evergreens 
Evergreens are among our specialties. The soil in our Nurseries is splendidly adapted to the growth 
and keeping of Evergreens. It also affords good balls of earth, adhering well to the roots, minimizing the 
danger of loss in transplantation. 
Evergreens are very desirable for specimen lawn trees. They are extensively used for massing, for 
shelter belts, screens, hedges, etc. The taller varieties form perfect backgrounds for smaller, hght-fohaged 
and flowering trees, showy flowering shrubbery, trees of early Spring, the reds and golds of Autumn fohage,. 
the berries of Autumn, and the bright green, golden and silver blue of the smaller growths of Evergreens. 
Besides the smaller grades, we have many large handsome specimens, 12 to 18 feet high. While the 
latter may be more expensive, yet they will give, at once, results which purchasers would otherwise be a 
long time in obtaining. 
HINTS FOR PLANTING 
(1) Unpack and plant as soon after receiving as possible; if there must be a delay of a day or two, 
wet the balls and keep plants in shade. 
(2) Make the holes three times as large as the balls and one foot deeper. 
(3) If the soil is poor, clay or sandy, good rotten manure should be well mixed with the filling soil 
in the proportion of one to four; cow manure is best. Never use fresh or partly decomposed manure. 
(4) In dry weather, do not fill in the holes, but leave about five or six inches as a basin which fill with 
water and let it stand tiU next day, then complete filling. 
(5) Firmly press the soil about the balls and leave a shallow basin about the tree, making sure that 
the plant is solidly fixed in the ground. 
(6) Caution: Do not dump raw manure into a hole and set the plants so as to bring roots in direct 
contact with it; always well mix soil and fertilizer. 
TIME FOR PLANTING 
Evergreens should be planted in Spring. If an early Spring, till middle of May; if a late Spring, till 
first week in June; then they should not be planted till August and September, not later than the 20th. 
CLIPPING 
To preserve their symmetrj^ and beauty. Evergreens should be clipped. Remove overgrown branches 
so as to make the tree perfect in shape; this should be done in early Spring, before new growth begins. 
It is a simple process and should be attended to every Spring. Such plants as Junipers, Retinisporas and 
Thuyas (Arborvitae) will bear severe trimming. Clipping can also be safely done in early Summer. We 
shall be glad to advise any one on these matters at any time, orally or by letter. 
