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the hole first, making- 
sure that it is plenty 
large enough to take all 
the roots without 
cramping them. Throw 
the good black dirt on 
one side to use next to 
the roots. Then un¬ 
wrap the roots of the 
tree, remove all the 
moss and other packing 
material and place the 
tree in the hole imme¬ 
diately, using the fine 
black dirt next to the 
roots. Pill the hole to 
within three inches of 
the top with dirt and 
then pour in several 
pails of water, allowing 
it to seep away until 
the ground will take no 
more water readily. 
Then fill the hole with 
loose dirt. If the season 
is very dry give the tree 
a good soaking not of- 
tener than once a week. 
Keep the dirt on the 
surface loose to serve as 
the moisture. 
A 60-acre Field of Evergreens 
a mulch to preserve Learn to Distinguish Evergreens 
If the Evergreen Is Balled 
in Dirt 
In cases where the evergreen is balled in 
dirt and burlapped, do not try to remove the 
burlap. Dig the hole large enoug'h to accom¬ 
modate the ball, set it in the hole, cut the 
strings holding the burlap and roll it back from 
the top of the ball. Pill the hole with dirt and 
give it plenty of water. 
Evergreens for Every Need 
There is a type of evergreen for every need. 
The chart at the top of page 37 shows that 
there are six distinct types of evergreens. 
They can be used 
—at corners of the house and garden 
—for entrance plantings 
—for screens and backgrounds 
—for foundation plantings 
—with rock walls 
—around pools or lily ponds 
—as specimen trees 
—in the rock garden 
—for windbreaks 
—for hedges 
—as a ground cover 
and in many other places. 
To some folks, all evergreens 
are just pines or just spruce 
trees. 
In the drawings on this page 
there are four types of foliage 
to illustrate the difference in the 
leaves of four of the most com¬ 
mon types of evergreens. Now 
it is true that in general shape 
many evergreens are similar to 
others, but as much of the charm 
and beauty of the different vari¬ 
eties lies in their different 
foliages, it is interesting to be 
able to recognize a few. 
PINE 
The Pine. Pine needles are 
long, narrow and borne in clus¬ 
ters, h'aving from two to five 
needles in each bundle. Notice 
the drawing and you will see 
these separate bundles of needles 
very clearly. 
The Spruce. Spruce needles 
are short and four-angled or 
four-sided. The needles are stiff 
and pointed and protrude from 
all sides of the stem quite unlike 
the Pine. 
The Arbor Vitae (called White 
Cedar in the North). Arbor- 
vitae leaves are small and scale- 
like on fern-like foliage shoots, 
soft to the touch. They are en¬ 
tirely different from the leaves 
of Pines and Spruce, the foliage 
being fem-like and flexible. 
The Juniper. The Junipers 
embrace the group of Red Cedars 
and similar varieties and the 
Junipers. Their foliage has 
many variations in the different 
varieties. The twigs are slender 
and the leaves are small, scale 
or dagger - like, opposite or 
whorl ed. 
ARBOR VITAE 
J U NIPEB 
