DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE 
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Ornamental Department 
The increasing demand for this class of stock has induced us to make this 
branch a more prominent feature of our establishment, and to this end we 
have Been steadily working for years, carefully selecting the best and most de- 
sirable sorts out of the great mass that has been brought to the notice of the 
public. That there should be many very good things and also very poor ones, 
in these vast collections, is a fact beyond question. For the supply ot the 
amateur, and those whose plantings are to embrace a large collection for 
variety’s sake, it is very proper that they should be supplied; but our purpose 
is chiefly to furnish material to those who select for true merit, who want 
trees and plants that will do the most good and give the best satisfaction. It 
should be kept in mind that with ornamentals, as with fruit trees, there are 
some that do well in one place that will fail in another so that care should be 
taken in making up plantings lists to select only such as are known to succeed 
in the particular locality where they are to be planted. We want trees that 
will not only show well in the earliest stages of their growth, but those that 
will maintain a good form and pleasing habit as they grow older; in fact we 
would look more to the character of the tree when developed than to its ap- 
pearance -when young. Our stock is in the best possible condition for trans- 
planting, having plenty of room where growing, and in soil eminently suited 
to the development of a good system of roots. With careful planting, and 
proper care afterward, there will be but little danger of failure. 
TRANSPLANTING AND CULTIVATION. 
The same advice concerning transplanting and cultivation, given in our 
Fruit Catalogue applies to this department; but as it is .often impossible to 
cultivate the ground in which shade trees are planted, it will be the more 
necessary to mulch them well, and not let the grass grow close around the 
stem of the tree. 
Flowering shrubs and evergreens should be carefully planted in good, 
deep, rich soil, and well mulched. When this is done, watering will seldom 
be necessary; but when, in case of extreme drought, it may be required, it 
should be thoroughly done, so as to reach well down into the roots. Very 
much watering before the leaves expand is a decided injury; let there be just 
enough to keep the earth moist about the roots, not soaking wet or it may 
cause them to decay. 
The branches should always be shortened back at the time of planting, in 
proportion to the loss of root sustained by the tree in moving. 
Those contemplating planting trees should bear in mind that the value and 
beauty of a tree or plant is dependent upon its thriftiness and symmetry rath- 
er than its height. 
