CHAPTER III. 
EVERGREEN TREES. 
E VERGREENS are most cheerful Winter friends and 
are best appreciated at the season when other plants 
and trees are bare and brown. Evergreens should always 
be purchased balled and burlapped, (R. & R.) which 
means that the trees are dug with a ball of dirt left about 
the roots, securely held by burlap. 
♦EVERGREENS FOR GENERAL PLANTING. 
Austrian Pine. Pinus nigra. (Rlack Pine)—A dense, 
dark evergreen which becomes a hardy, massive tree. En¬ 
dures drought conditions, will grow in sandy and poor 
soil, and will survive in the City where smoke, gas, and 
other conditions are fatal to most evergreens. The best 
tall evergreen. Height 80 feet. 
Scotch Pine. Pinus sylvestris .—A picturesque ever¬ 
green with bluish green foliage. Not as dense as the 
Austrian Pine, and not as well adapted to City conditions. 
Height 60 feet. 
Chinese Arbor Vitae. Thuja orientalis .—A hardy 
evergreen with bright green foliage and broad-spreading 
pyramidal habit of growth. Suitable in a group with the 
Red Cedar. Very hardy. Requires full sunlight. Height 
25 feet. 
♦The height indicated is the average height when the tree is 
mature. It does not necessarily indicate the maximum height of 
certain individual specimens. 
