TOLIESON NURSERIES 
EVERGREENS ... For All Year Beauty 
N THE nursery evergreens are grown from seed, from cut¬ 
tings and grafts. They are carefully nurtured over a 
period of many years, and transplanted to develop shapely 
tops and fibrous roots. All sorts of varieties have been 
tried out to determine which are the hardiest and most 
successful for foundation and lawn plantings. 
In choosing evergreens for foundation planting, it is 
best to use medium and dwarf growers for permanent effects. Plant 
the taller varieties at the corners, at points in the foundation Avhere 
there are no windows, and on each side of the entrance. Plant dwarf 
growers under low windows or wherever low plantings are desired. 
Between groups of evergreens flowering shrubs may be planted to 
add variety and color. 
If the entrance is narrow, columnar Junipers or other upright 
varieties might well be paired on each side of the doorway with clus¬ 
ters of dwarf-growing specimens about their bases. Three or four 
varieties are enough to use in smaller plantings, and these, if well 
chosen, will make the planting perfect. 
This list of evergreens, classified according to type, will assist you 
in your selections: 
Fir, Concolor 
Group I 
The evergreens in this group are alike only 
in their general shape or outline. Each has 
its own characteristics. Most of these varie¬ 
ties are adaptable for specimen plantings on 
the lawn, massing in groups or for screen 
plantings. 
FIR, Concolor: PINE, Austrian; PINE, Pin- 
yon; PINE, White; SPRUCE, Black Hill; 
SPRUCE, Colorado Blue; SPRUCE, Colorado 
Green; SPRUCE, Douglass. 
Group I! 
Medium height growers, suitable for backgrounds 
and foundation planting. They are useful to give 
height at corners and accent at each side of a door¬ 
way, gateway or garden entrance. 
JUNIPER, Chinese; JUNIPER, Scopulorum; JUNI¬ 
PER, Virginiana. 
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