Earl May’s 
HARDY ORNAMENTAL 
For Lawn and Windbreak Planting 
I have planted 39 different varieties of 
Evergreens in my new flower garden here 
in Shenandoah. You can see exactly how 
these beautiful shapely evergreens look at 
all stages of growth. I can supply you 
with any size, any hardy variety adapted 
to our territory you want for windbreaks, 
hedges, formal gardens, rock gardens or 
foundation plantings. 
Plant Transplanted Balled and 
Burlapped Evergreens for 
Quickest Growth 
My Evergreens are all 3 and 4 times 
transplanted which insures a heavy root 
system that will develop a successful top 
growth. They are deep rooted, thus do not 
become lodsened up in the ground in heavy 
windstorms. 
My “How to Plant” book tells you ex¬ 
actly how to plant Balled and Burlapped 
Evergreens. It is free for the asking. 
Arborvitae 
Plant a Living Christmas Tree 
Living, growing Christmas trees are 
the greatest modern Christmas touch. 
Plant your Christmas tree out of doors 
so you can light it up over the Holiday 
season. They will continue to grow and 
become more beautiful each year. 
An Evergreen Type for Every 
Purpose 
Most folks like the Junipers best for 
foundation planting. We have the Pyram¬ 
idal Type Junipers (GROUP A) for cor¬ 
ner, porch and accented plantings. In this 
group are Blue Cedars, Colorado Silver 
g edars, Irish Pyramidal Junipers and Red 
edars. Spreading and semi-upright types 
(GROUP B) include Pfit^eriana and Sabin 
- Junipers and Mugho Balled 
Shaped Pines. The Creepers 
(GROUP C) are Waukegan 
Junipers, etc. You can select 
an Evergreen from this list for 
every place and purpose. 
Group A Group B Group C 
Canadian Hemlock 
The most graceful of the Evergreens. 
Dark green, luxuriant, drooping foliage. 
Highly recommended for shady locations. 
Stands trimming and can be made to grow 
compact and shapely. 
Japanese Yew 
(Taxus cuspidata.) Fine for planting on 
shady side of buildings. Waxy, shiny, deep 
green leaves with bright scarlet berries. 
Good for Rock Gardens and foundation 
plantings. Very hardy. 
PYRAMIDAL ARBORVITAE. This tree 
is a narrow, upright grower. It is bright 
green in color, can be trimmed or 
sheared and is hardy. Trees grow 20 feet 
high, seldom spreading over two feet in 
diameter. You can-trim them severely 
and keep within any size desired. 
Junipers or Cedars 
You can shear or trim all of these. 
BLUE CEDAR (Virglniana Glauca). Is a 
rapid grower, specimen tree, becoming 
15 to 20 feet high. Has a striking sil¬ 
very blue color. 
COLORADO SILVER JUNIPER. A native 
of Colorado, being very hardy, symmetri¬ 
cal and upright growing. The leaves 
have a uniform silver green color. The 
tree attains a natural height of 12 to 15 
feet. 
IRISH PYRAMIDAL JUNIPER. An even 
growing upright type, similar to the Red 
Cedar but more compact, erect and 
pyramidal. It has bluish tinted foliage 
on the young shoots, is hardy through¬ 
out this part of the country but prefers 
a south or east side or partially pro¬ 
tected planting. Does best in full sun. - 
Mature height 7 to 8 feet. 
PFITZER JUNIPER. This tree grows in 
the form of a low inverted pyramid. 
Foliage is of a feathery type, uniform 
even green and thrives just as well in a 
hot dry situation as in the cooler tem¬ 
perature of the north. Will stand shade, 
too. 
RED CEDAR. America’s best advertised 
Evergreen. Grows naturally in gravelly 
hillsides, will do well in poor, sandy 
soils. Our Red Cedar is the compact 
growing Platte River type that grows 
in the shape of a pyramid and bears 
bright blue and silvery colored berries. 
The foliage is feathery and deep green. 
SPINY GREEK JUNIPER ( E x C e 1 S a 
Stricta). A dwarf growing upright 
Evergreen. Foliage is bluish green in 
color, the tree seldom reaches more than 
four or five feet high. A good one for 
foundation planting or rock garden. 
Stands pruning extremely well. 
SABIN TRAILING JUNIPER. Grows a 
trifle more upright than Pfitzer with 
fan-shaped branches. Is equally as 
hardy and has the same deep green 
foliage. Withstands smoky conditions 
in cities. 
WAUKEGAN JUNIPER. Ail improved 
Creeping Juniper. An exquisite light 
blue foliage Creeper. Changes to a shade 
of rich purple in late Fall. Grows equal¬ 
ly well on rich garden soil on rocky 
slopes, terraces and similar positions. 
It is unsurpassed as a ground cover, 
rock garden and evergreen border hedg¬ 
ing. Makes a low dense mat over all 
the ground. 
Waukegan Juniper 
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Irish Pyramidal 
Junloar 
Blue Cedar 
Colorado Blue Spruce 
Red Cedar 
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Evergreen Hedge 
American Arborvitae makes an 
ideal evergreen hedge. Twice 
Transplanted, strong, well rooted 
2-3 ft. plants. Not B. & B. 
10 for $3.00 50 for $11.00 
25 for 6.00 100 for 19.00 
F.O.B. growing sta¬ 
tion in central Wiscon¬ 
sin. 
