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taste and beauty, be the plantings ever so varied and extensive, they are not complete with¬ 
out a mixture of evergreens. The broad-leaved sorts are good and there are places for them, 
but no planting is what it should be without coniferous sorts. 
For many years we have made the growing of evergreens our specialty. We have 
them growing in our nurseries, from the propagating beds to large specimens ten or more 
feet in height. I ! , 
It is necessary in the proper growing of evergreens that they should be transplanted a 
number of times, in order that they form a mass of fibrous roots. 
This is one reason that so many fail in the transplanting of them. Most concerns who 
grow only a few evergreens bny their stock of plants from an Evergreen Specialist, who 
supplies them from seed bed or propagating frame, where they have been rooted. They are 
then lined out in the rows in the nursery and there grown until they are dug for the 
customer. Hence, they carry few roots and even if they are large specimen trees they have 
a poor root system, and while they may be dug and burlapped carefully, the earth becomes 
loose and when transplanted, even if it is done by an experienced gardener, they have not 
sufficient root system to take up enough nourishment from the soil to start them, and the 
result is you do not only suffer the loss and time in transplanting, but you are a year be¬ 
hind in securing successfully grown and transplanted stock. 
Our shipping season begins in September and we can make prompt shipment, whether 
permitting, continuing in the spring until new growth is too far advanced for removal. 
The prices in this booklet are for plants packed and F. O. B. here for either express or 
freight shipments, purchaser paying transportation charges unless otherwise noted. 
To nearby points, arrangements may sometimes be made that we make delivery by truck. 
In carload shipments of evergreens, they are dug with a ball of earth, which is burlap¬ 
ped around the roots and placed in the car that they remain in perfect condition, the dirt 
not being molested but planted as they grew in the nursery, insures their living, and the 
best results. 
Parties in this and adjoining states, who wish to purchase in car lots, can, by arrange¬ 
ments with us before shipment, secure at reasonable cost the services of our Landscape 
Gardener, who will direct the planting of the stock. This will be a man who has spent 
years in the growing of coniferous evergreens and who “KNOWS HOW.” 
Screen Planting 
The planting of evergreens for screens or breaks can be made to do much more than 
beautify. For instance, there may be an unsightly view from some of your windows, an 
unkept vacant lot, the service yard, or a neighbor’s place, or perhaps your own back yard, 
your own clothes line is exposed to view, your house may be too close to your neighbor’s, 
one can look into your windows or vice versa. Light from the other’s house or from the 
street may annoy you. You have not the feeling of seclusion you would most enjoy, and 
the planting of deciduous trees and shrubs could not be satisfactory. You have likely been 
on your vacatioii during 
the summer months when 
you would have enjoyed 
the foliage and beauty 
of these deciduous 
shrubs, but now, during 
the winter months, when 
you spend more time in 
your own home, the 
leaves are off, and a 
more serviceable and 
beautiful type of screen 
to plant would be ©ur 
Hardy Coniferous Ever¬ 
greens. We have many 
sorts suitable for screen 
planting, and where it 
is desirable can ship in 
car lots of large sizes 
that will bring beauty 
and seclusion NOW. 
