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Franklin Forestry Company 
A Word About Our Nurseries 
We have three principal nurseries, all in Massachusetts—one at Sudbury about 25 
miles west of Boston, the others at Shelburne Falls and Colrain in the western part of the 
State. Visitors are always welcome. 
The roots of evergreens will be balled and burlapped, if of sufficient size, while small 
transplants will be packed in damp moss. In either case they will stand shipment to any 
part of the country. 
Stock not listed herein we will gladly procure on short notice, and shall be pleased to 
advise and quote prices on large or small orders. 
Many shrubs and plants can be safely moved during the summer, but April, May and 
first of June for spring planting, and last of August, September and October for fall plant¬ 
ing, are the best months for this work. 
Contract planting of forest nursery stock has been our specialty for many years, and 
many thousands of growing timber trees received their first start under the protection of 
our guarantee, which we will gladly explain to those interested. 
Terms of Sale 
Planting Instructions 
Prices on nursery stock given on the following 
pages are net, F. O. B. cars, except as noted, 
packing added at cost. 
There will be no charge for packing when cash 
in full accompanies order. 
Twenty-five at the hundred rate; 250 at the 
1,000 rate, unless noted. 
Lower prices on lots from 10,000 to 100,000 
and up. 
All stock is listed subject to prior sale. 
We have larger sizes and various species other 
than those listed which we will gladly quote on 
application. 
In the case of all sizes, we reserve the right to 
decline any order for a quantity too small to 
make shipment profitable. 
The two white pines (strobus and flexilis) can 
be shipped anywhere in the New England states 
and New York. 
Forest Planting Stock 
On arrival the trees should be “heeled in” at 
once in a moist, shady place by digging a trench, 
putting the bunches of trees in it in a vertical 
position, then throwing dirt over the roots and 
firmly tamping down with the feet. 
If dry, the roots should be dipped in a puddle 
of mud and water before being heeled in. After 
heeling in, water occasionally. 
The planter must set the trees slightly deeper 
than they originally grew, and set them straight, 
plenty of fine dirt being placed about the roots 
and very firmly tamped down with the feet. The 
roots must not be allowed to become dry, even 
for a few minutes. In planting sod ground the 
sod should be taken off for about a foot square 
around the hole and not 
used afcain. Ornamental Stock 
Beautifying a Drive 
Evergreens. The 
trees should be set a 
trifle lower than they 
stood in the nursery. 
Dig the hole a foot 
larger than the diam¬ 
eter of the ball. Place 
good loamy soil in the 
bottom, set tree at 
proper height, and fill 
in with good soil, 
packing firmly by 
tramping, or settling 
by filling hole with 
water. 
Burlap may be loos¬ 
ened at the top of ball 
and rolled back or cut 
off, but need not be 
entirely removed. 
Perennials are best 
planted with trowel or 
hand spade. Remove 
badly injured or dried 
leaves. Trim long 
straggling roots, or 
bruised or damaged 
parts. Plant so that 
roots spread out nat¬ 
urally. Plants with 
crowns should be set 
with crown just below 
the surface of the 
ground. 
