Hedge Lawn Nurseries, Inc., Roanoke, Virginia 
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Evergreens ;! 
ARE IMPORTANT IN ANY PLANTING 
REEN of every shade and hue, charmingly con¬ 
trasted with blue, gold and gray, their foliage is always 
pleasing. Pyramidal or erect, globular or spreading, 
you can find forms for every fancy. For groups or 
screening, in shelter planting or hedges, you have 
nothing quite to equal them. In summer they are 
attractive, in winter they offer a comforting note to 
the bleak landscape and under the weight of ice and 
snow their great drooping branches of green seem to 
cheer. 
Out in the lawn, the larger growing Pines, Spruces 
and Hemlocks suggest a permanency and a grandeur 
that cannot be duplicated with other planting ma¬ 
terials. For small premises there are appropriate 
varieties. As backgrounds, hedges and specimens 
you will find plants suitable for every use. In land¬ 
scape work they simply have no rivals. They are so 
wonderful because of their beauty throughout the 
four seasons of the year. 
Their most popular use, of course, is for doorstep 
or foundation planting. No home is now complete 
without something to break the bare walls or soften 
the harsh lines. The day of cannas is past, persons 
demand something more permanent and more last¬ 
ing than a few weeks of summer blossom and foliage. 
Evergreens fill every requirement. They are hardy, 
they are enduring and their beauty permanent. Their 
habits of growth, their various forms and interest¬ 
ing foliage enable any one to choose, no matter how 
fastidious, varieties that will be pleasing in effect 
and congenial of location. 
PLANTING SUGGESTIONS 
Before you dig your holes or loosen the burlap (as 
all evergreens should be handled with balls of soil 
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intact) set them up in arrangement as planned and 
move them about, view them from different angles 
so as to get the very best effect. When planting, the 
burlap should be loosened and laid down in the hole 
or removed, or if the ball of soil is broken, then the 
hole should be partially filled with earth and then 
the top portion of the burlap cut away with a sharp 
knife. By all means tread the soil firmly about the 
roots. The general planting directions also apply 
here. Watering is very necessary during periods of 
drought and especially the first year. Remember the 
caution to water copiously these deeply set plants— 
and one good soaking is worth a dozen light sprink¬ 
lings. 
PRUNING 
At planting time evergreens seldom need pruning. 
If well grown like ours they are shapely and when 
handled with balls of soil they should grow off with¬ 
out trouble. However, in a year or so some varieties 
are inclined to grow "open.” Then shearing may be 
done with hedge tools, clipping the young growth, 
preferably not further than that made the previous 
season. This causes the inner branches to advance, 
making a very close and compact plant, thus hiding 
the unsightly interior of open trees. 
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