EVERGREENS come to you (or should) with roots 
balled in soil and covered with burlap. We advise you 
not to remove the burlap when transplanting, but 
merely loosen it at top and spread somewhat. Follow 
the advice as noted above for other trees and shrubs, 
but use more water—the drier the soil, the more water. 
As to Cutting Back Newly Planted Stock. It is very 
noticeable that some (may we say many) planters do 
not cut back trees when first planted, particularly fruit 
trees. Apples, Pears, Plums and Sweet Cherries should 
be cut back hard (possibly two-thirds of each branch 
cut away), while Peaches and Apricots need a more 
drastic pruning. It is well to cut off all branches on 
Peaches, leaving only a straight stub of the desired 
height. 
ROSES—The hybrid tea bedding roses are often 
planted too shallow. Deep planting is advisable. The 
plant should be set in up to first branches and these 
branches cut so that not more than 4 inches show above 
the ground level. Roses give best results in rather 
heavy, well drained, rich, clayey soil. Winter protection 
in the north and middle states may be necessary. 
Some Planters Are Jokers—Generally speaking, the 
average fruit grower is a good-natured, quiet business 
man, not given to joking, but a letter received some time 
ago seemingly is worthy of notice. The letter, in 
brief, read: “Green’s Nursery Co., Dear Sirs: The order 
of trees was received yesterday in good condition. I 
note that you included in the order two or three trees 
that were not ordered. I thank you for these, but will 
say that should you see well to take the liberty in fur¬ 
ther orders to include extra trees, be sure and send 
along the holes also, as it is very hard digging in my 
garden. Yours truly.” 
CHAS. A. GREEN once said that every catalogue 
builder should plan to list in his new catalogue some¬ 
thing new; there was bound to be many who are looking 
for something new, a variety of fruit that excelled the 
old standards in some particular way, a shrub, rose or 
ornamental tree that in point of foliage, season of 
blooming, or other unusual way was different from 
the good old ones. 
For this reason we are listing in this catalog, in ad¬ 
dition to the good, well-known, much-planted items: 
The Newburg and Golden Queen Raspberries, while 
not entirely new, yet are not as well known as some. 
See page 4. 
The Nigrette Rose—a new black rose. See page 16. 
The Columnberry Hedge Plant. See page 19. 
Then the receivers of this catalog would do well per¬ 
haps to turn to pages 22 and 23 for special collections 
and to page 24 for a list especially made up of at¬ 
tractive collections of smaller plants at a price each 
within the means of everyone. 
The lists of trees and plants sent by parcel post, all 
charges paid by us, should and undoubtedly will have 
good attention. See pages 27, 28 and 29 and tile Gift 
on page 21. 
GREEN’S NURSERY CO. 
By E. H. Burson. 
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