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The Sarcoxie Nurseries Peony Fields 
^ardy Evergreens 
For producing an immediate, finished effect and an air of 
permanence and stability, nothing will take the place of Ever¬ 
greens. They blend delightfully with the gay summer flowers, 
and when the wind-swept winter garden is brown and bare, 
their foliage masses afford a sense of coziness and cheer. The 
taller growing varieties are excellent for screens and shelter from 
winter’s winds and provide an ideal background for the showy 
flowering trees and shrubs of spring, the berries of autumn and 
the colored twigs of winter. Beautiful effects are secured by 
planting in masses varieties that contrast finely in form, foliage 
and color, such as light and dark green, silver and gold. For 
entrance and foundation planting the lower growing varieties 
are excellent and provide year around beauty. 
Our evergreens, grown with plenty of room, are compact, well 
filled trees of their size and variety. They have been transplant¬ 
ed and root pruned and are well rooted. They are liberally 
graded and, except mail sizes, will be dug with a ball of earth 
wrapped in burlap, termed “balled and burlapped’’ or B. U B. 
They are not grown rapidly and soft but are firm and easily 
transplanted. 
Evergreens are Easy to Plant 
Planting balled evergreens is like planting potted plants. 
Properly handled, they transplant as easily and successfully as 
shrubs. Unpack as soon as received. Protect the roots from sun 
and wind. Dig a hole just a little deeper than the ball of earth 
and at least 6 inches wider all around. Set the tree in the hole, 
burlap and all. As the earth is filled in tamp it firmly, to with¬ 
in a few inches of the top. Untie and cut away the remaining 
burlap. Water well and finish filling the hole, but do not tamp 
after watering. About 1/10 of THOROUGHLY ROTTED 
manure may be mixed in the soil, and some cow manure ap¬ 
plied on top as a mulch. Trees cannot do their best without 
plenty of plant food, and water as needed, particularly during 
the first year. 
Pruning Evergreens 
If it is desired to make Arborvitaes, Junipers and Retinos- 
poras more compact, they may be “sheared.’’ However, after a 
plant has left the nursery shearing is hardly the correct term as 
the individual branches or tips should be cut out individually 
with a knife or clippers to keep the plant symmetrical, not shear¬ 
ed with grass shears as the term would imply. This work may 
be done almost any time with no ill effect except in hot dry 
weather. 
/ railing Junipers, such as Andorra and Waukegan, are excellent 
on steep banks 
A real Japanese garden showing use of dwarf, creeping 
and informal evergreens 
Mail Sizes, postpaid 
These are transplanted, sturdy little trees, not balled and bur- 
lapped as they do not require it. Plant them firmly, water them 
well, give them time and they will make nice trees. B. U B. 
trees cannot be sent by parcel post. 
Five or more of a kind at the ten rate, less at the each rate 
Arborvitae; Thuja 
The Arborvitae is one of the most important groups of ev¬ 
ergreens. The branchlets are flattened and clothed with small, 
usually scale-like leaves which look as if they have been press¬ 
ed tightly together. There are two main groups. The Ameri¬ 
can or occidentalis type has the branchlets in a more or less hor¬ 
izontal position. The Chinese or orientalis type has the branch- 
lets in a vertical or upright position. The name Arborvitae in¬ 
dicates “tree of life,” from the evergreen character. 
Arborvitae, Berckmans; Chinese Golden Dwarf; Thuja 
orientalis aurea nana 
A perfect gem for large or small grounds; of superb shape, 
being somewhat ovate, and compact, dwarf habit, reaching a 
height of about 7 ft.: of slow growth: the new growth in 
spring and early summer is gold suffused with green, in winter 
green to bronze green; admired by all lovers of the formal in 
evergreens; valuable for lawn, landscape and cemetery use, and 
for growing in pots or tubs. 
15 to 18 inches, B. U B- 1.25 each, 1 0.00 per 10 
18 to 24 inches, B. U B_ 1.50 each, 12.50 per 10 
24 to 30 inches, B. U B_2.25 each, 20.00 per 10 
30 to 36 inches. B. U B-1_3.00 each, 25.00 per 10 
3 to 3J/£ feet, B. U B_4.00 each, 35.00 per 10 
Arborvitae, Goldspire; Thuja orientalis aurea conspicua; 
Biota aurea conspicua 
A beautiful Oriental Arborvitae and one of the best of the 
laige growing golden evergreens; of compact, erect, conical, sym¬ 
metrical habit; not as compact as Berckman’s but if desired can 
be made compact by pruning; foliage intense gold, some branch¬ 
es of almost solid metallic tint, others suffused with green, most 
intense when the growth is new but well retained into winter; 
rapid growth, becoming 15 to 18 ft. high. 
3 to 4 feet, B. U B_2.50 each, 22.50 per 10 
4 to 5 feet, B. U B._3.50 each, 30.00 per 10 
Cedar, Blue or Silver; Juniperus virgiana glauca 
One of the finest of the Red-Cedars. Broadly pyramidal 
habit; the young growth is silvery, changing to a beautiful 
bluish-green; growth rather rapid, with long, slender branches, 
producing a graceful effect; grows 15 to 20 feet high; may be 
kept lower and dense by pruning: of rather open habit until 
they attain size; one of the finest Junipers. 
2 to 3 feet, B. U B_$2.50 each: $22.50 per 10 
3 to 4 feet, B. U B_3.50 each: 32.50 per 10 
4 to 5 feet, B. U B_4.50 each: 42.50 per 10 
5 to 6 fee:, B. U B_ 6.00 each: 
