Wliat You Have to Work With 
How to Select Proper Varieties 
V ARIOUS habits of growth obtainable 
in Evergreens are roughly illustrated. 
First, determine whether the tree you 
have in mind to plant is suitable and will 
develop into a specimen of the size and shape 
that you want. 
It must be understood that individual 
trees under varying conditions may grow 
entirely different than the picture and the 
sketch illustrates. We realize the limitations 
of this chart but feel that it will nevertheless 
be found handy as a reference. 
GROUP A 
Trees in this group are the largest and 
tallest growing forms. They include varieties 
which develop into specimens of ten to fifteen 
feet in diameter and up to a height of fifty 
feet or more. They are best suited for such 
purposes as heavy backgrounds, screens, 
windbreaks, forest plantings, and individual 
specimens. Planters very often use them in 
other ways, but in doing so must realize that 
the trees will eventually become large and 
must be removed. Spruces and pines are 
frequently used in foundation plantings and 
while they are attractive for a number of 
years in such locations they will in a few 
years become too large and must be taken 
out. Some varieties can easily be trimmed 
and kept small. 
GROUP B 
The average height of trees in this group 
will run eight to twenty feet, and in diameter 
usually not more than three to five feet. 
Such trees are suitable for the taller growing 
specimens in foundation plantings, entrance 
groups, also suitable for planting among 
borders to add contrast to flowering shrubs, 
or formal uses in gardens. 
GROUP C 
This group covers trees of extremely nar¬ 
row pyramidal habit. The narrow habit of 
trees in this group may be further improved 
by trimming, but all of them have a tendency 
to produce very narrow spire-like forms. 
Such trees are of use at entrances for sen¬ 
tinels, also for markers in formal gardens, at 
corners of houses, and similar situations. All 
of these forms can easily be trimmed and 
kept small if desired, although some of these 
varieties will reach twelve to fifteen feet or 
more when matured. 
GROUP D 
There is increasing need for round or ball¬ 
shaped trees. For use around smaller types 
of houses, in foundation plantings, in corners 
next to the walk, and in many situations 
where “tree forms” would be out of the 
question, these little dwarf growing trees fill 
the purpose. They can all be trimmed and 
kept as small as desired, although if allowed 
to grow many of these trees will reach a 
height and diameter of three or four feet. 
GROUP E 
Among the half-erect forms we find the 
finest of all our Evergreens and those which 
are of greatest use, especially in landscape 
planting of small areas. Trees in this group 
include those forms which are essential for 
the low-growing trees in foundation plant¬ 
ings, entrance plantings, rock gardens, and 
low-growing groups. 
GROUP F 
Trees in this group are the low, creeping, 
mat-like forms that remain close to the 
ground. They grow not over six or eight 
inches high under usual conditions and 
spread to a considerable diameter. However, 
as they can easily be clipped and trimmed, 
they remain for years in a small space. Trees 
in this group are suitable for rock gardens, 
to cover terraces or banks, or to finish off a 
group of taller growing forms. 
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