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WIRT’S EVERGREENS 
GIVE ALL YEAR BEAUTY 
These Evergreens will add dignity and beauty to your home. These kinds 
are very hardy, having stood the past hard winter and dry summer, which was 
a real test for Evergreens. All these trees are growing in our nursery, and will 
be freshly balled and burlapped. 
If Evergreens are to be shipped, they should go by express. 
Colorado Juniper 
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Spiny Greek 
ARBOR VITAE AMERICAN (Thuya occidentals) 
4 to 5 ft. trees $3.00 each 
This Arbor Vitae is very hardy, and dependable in almost 
any situation. Stands trimming well and for this reason is 
widely used for hedges. It grows bushy at the bottom and 
tapering toward the top, thus making an excellent ever¬ 
green for entrance and corner planting. Foliage is very 
soft and flexible and of fine deep green color. 
ARBOR VITAE PYRAMIDAL (Thuya pyramidalis) 
2 to 3 ft. trees $1.50 each 
Of dense, compact growth, narrow and pyramidal in 
form. Deep rich green color, uniform habit and hardiness 
to withstand conditions here in northern states. • It reaches 
a height of 8 to 10 feet, and usually measures not more 
than 2 feet in diameter at the base. This is one of many 
popular pyramidal evergreens. 
ARBOR VITAE SIBERIAN 
18 to 24 in., balled, $1.25 each 
24 to 30 in., balled, $2.00 each 
A superb hardy variety, somewhat similar to American, 
with heavier and fuller foliage and more compact habit. 
Bears trimming well. This variety is extensively used for 
backgrounds in foundation plantings, where dense bushi¬ 
ness is required, rather than height. 
SPRUCE NORWAY (Picea Excelsa 
12 to 18 in., not balled, 40c each 
2 to 3 ft., balled, $1.50 
This is the original Christmas tree, and is highly appre¬ 
ciated because of its rapid growth, its thriftiness, and 
heavy masses of deep green foliage. Norway Spruce is a 
tall, picturesque and hardy tree, and well adapted to a wide 
range of plantings. Can readily be pruned to any desired 
height. 
SPRUCE WHITE (Picea Canadensis) 
2 to 3 ft., balled, $1.50 
This tree is thoroughly hardy, free growing, not particu¬ 
lar about soil. A compact and upright grower of longev¬ 
ity. Light green foliage, slightly tinged with blue. An 
excellent tree for all purposes. Can be sheared and kept 
to any desired height. 
BLACK HILL SPRUCE 
18 to 24 inch trees $1.75 each 
This is one of the hardiest of the Spruces. Develops to 
a very compact, symetrical tree. The tree is a slow grower, 
stands trimming "well, and is very dark green in color— 
often looks almost black. 
CUMMUS JUNIPER 
18 to 24 inch trees $2.00 each 
A new evergreen coming from the north. Very hardy, 
stands both hot and cold weather—spreading type, grow¬ 
ing 24 inches tall. The color is vivid green both winter and 
summer. ». 
JUNIPER SPINY GREEK 
1 y z to 2 ft., balled, $2.00 each 
3 to 4 ft., balled, $3.00 each 
This beautiful variety forms a tall, dense, narrow, conical 
head, tapering gradually from the ground to a sharp ter¬ 
minal point, and is of fine glaucous color. The growth is 
slow, so that the tree is well adapted for foundation plant¬ 
ing, rock gardens, or places where small or dwarf ever¬ 
greens are required. 
JUNIPER SAVIN (Juniperus sabina) 
20 to 30 in. trees $2.50 each 
A low many branched Evergreen, sometimes growing 4 
feet high. Its branches are spreading and dense. Planted 
4 to 6 feet apart forms an excellent border to larger ever¬ 
greens in the background. It is desirable as a low in 
foundation groups. It does well in smoky atmospheres. 
JUNIPER RED CEDAR (Juniperus Virginiana) 
5 to 6 ft. trees $5.00 each 
This is one of the oldest, most popular and best known 
Evergreens. Grows in a compact pyramidal form, stands 
shearing well, and can be made into many shapes. An ex¬ 
cellent, tall Evergreen. 
JUNIPER ANDORRA (Juniperus comm. dep. plumosa) 
18 to 24 in., balled, $2.00 each 
This Juniper has proven a most satisfactory low growing 
tree. It never burns out, and throughout the year carries 
a most attractive color. As soon as the frost comes in the 
fall, it takes on an unusually attractive rich purple bronze 
color, not the brownish cast sometimes found in Red Cedar. 
The spring and summer color is a rich bright green. It 
seldom raises its branches over 18 inches off the ground. 
It is still quite rare in nurseries and stocks are limited. 
SCOPULORUM (Colorado Juniper) 
2 to 3 ft., balled, $2.00 each 
3 to 4 ft., balled, $3.00 each 
Refined, compact, narrowly upright with but one central 
stem; variable in color from light blue to green, bluest 
during the hot summer. One of the best Evergreens for 
hot, dry places. 
JUNIPER PFITZER (Juniperus Pfitzeriana) 
12 to 18 in. trees $1.39 each 
18 to 24 in. trees $2.00 each 
2 to 3 ft. trees $3.00 each 
This tree ranks as one of our most important Evergreens 
of today. It is a Juniper that thrives under many condi¬ 
tions. It succeeds in exposed locations, in full sun, also in 
shady protected places. Its foliage is of an attractive 
greenish blue. If left alone it forms an attractive low, 
broad, irregular form, but by staking up one of the lead¬ 
ers it takes the pyramidal form. An excellent foundation 
or group Evergreen. 
JUNIPER IRISH 
18 to 24 in. trees $1.50 each 
This tree grows about 6 to 7 feet tall, and is of slender 
habit, bright green color, changing to a bluish cast at grow¬ 
ing time. 
PINE MUGHO (Pinus Mughus) 
12 to 14 in., balled, $1.50 each 
18 to 24 in., balled, $2.50 each 
This is the genuine true dwarf Pine. Many stemmed, 
compact with good green color. It never grows over .‘i (4 
feet tall, and 3 to 5 feet in diameter. By annual shearing 
can be kept any desired size. An excellent evergreen, 
where one of dwarf habit is wanted. 
DOUGLAS FIR (Pseudo-tsuga Douglasi) 
5 to 6 ft. trees, $4.00 each 
Very tali growing with red-brown bark. Leaves light 
green, glaucous below. Of thickly conical form, with pen¬ 
dulous branchlets. 
Irish Juniper 
Pyr. Arbor Vitae 
Mnglio Pine 
SPECIAL BLUE SPRUCE 
Blue Spruce 
COLORADO BLUE (Picea pungens glauca) 
14 to 16 in., balled, $1.50 each 
This is one of the Blue Spruces. It is hardy, healthy, 
and a beautiful tree. The rich blue color enhances the 
value of the Colorado Blue Spruce for single trees or for 
group plantings. 
MOREHEIM BLUE SPRUCE 
2 to 2y 2 ft. $ 7.00 each 
3 to zy 2 ft. $10.00 each 
This is the true Blue Spruce. These trees are grafted 
from the very best of the Blues, and are always true in 
color. The King of Evergreens. 
Savin Juniper 
Corner Planting 
Evergreens for 
Planting at 
Left 
1 Red Cedar 
Juniper 
5 to 6 ft. 
$5.00 ea. $5.00 
2 Spiny Greek 
Junipers 
3 to 4 ft. 
$3.00 ea. $6.00 
2 Pfitzer 
Junipers 
18-24 in. 
$2.00 ea. $4.00 
1 Savin Juniper 
18-24 in. 
$2.50 ea. $2.50 
Evergreens for 
Planting at 
Right 
2 Colorado 
Junipers 
3 to 4 ft. 
$3.00 ea. 
2 Pfitzer 
Junipers 
18 to 24 in. 
$2.00 ea. 
1 Mugho Pine 
18 to 24 in. 
$2.50 ea. 
Front Planting 
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$6.00 
$4.00 
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$17.50 
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$12.50 
Drive to the Nursery . . . 
ALPHA NURSERY « « « ALPHA, ILLINOIS 
. . . Personally Select Your Trees 
ON HARD ROAD—ROUTES 150 and 83 
