4S _ GREEN’S QUALITY TREES, ROCHESTER, N. V. _ 
EVERGREENS AND HEDGES 
Norway Spruce in Group, Most Beautiful 
Norway Spruce. This is the most desirable ever- 
---- green tree for all purposes and 
most popular. It is suitable for planting as an ornamental 
tree in groups around a large estate or park, as a windbreak 
to protect an orchard farmhouse or other buildings, or as a 
hedge fence to divide fields. The Norway spruce comes 
from northern Europe where it attains a greater height than 
other forest trees, sometimes growing as high as 125 feet. 
But by shearing off the ends of the branches each season it 
can be dwarfed to any size that you may desire. It bears 
transplanting better than most evergreens and has greater 
endurance and ability to withstand severe climates. I do 
not favor transplanting large trees of Norway spruce or any 
other evergreen. Bear in mind that the smaller the ever¬ 
green tree the safer it is to transplant. 
If any tree can be called “universal” the Norway spruce 
comes nearest to the- requirements. It is extremely hardy 
and will grow on all kinds of soil and under all conditions. 
This tree will grow in crevices of rocks and on hillsides where 
it would be impossible for other trees to get necessary nourish¬ 
ment. This is the variety of evergreen usually sold for 
Christmas trees, and there is good profit in growing Norway 
spruce for this pusposc, as they can be grown on waste land. 
When planted on the lawn or about the house as a single 
specimen Norway spruce is an elegant tree of lofty growth 
in pyramidal form. The branches assume a graceful, droop¬ 
ing habit, its lower branches sweeping the ground, when the 
tree attains 15 to 20 feet in height. I know of no more beau¬ 
tiful sight in nature, than a Norway spruce tree with its 
branches bent down with a burden of snow. While the Norway 
spruce is attractive and conspicuous even as a small tree, it 
increases in beauty with every year of its life. It is during the 
winter months that the spruce is conspicuous upon the lawn. 
It can be planted when small as a border for large growing 
beds, or it can be planted at intervals along the borders of 
the flowering beds for winter ornament. When the snow- 
covers the earth like a blanket the evergreen foliage of the 
Norway spruce brightens up the.grounds and makes us forget 
the dreariness of winter. Were its value known as it merits, 
there would not be enough in stock in all the nurseries in the 
United States to supply the demand. Por hedges and wind¬ 
breaks there is nothing superior to the Norway spruce. We 
have a large supply of beautiful trees of various sizes which 
we offer at bargain price. 
PLANTING EVERGREENS 
The beauty of evergreens is indisputable. Even in sum¬ 
mer time the.evergreens are as attractive as any tree, but it 
is in winter time particularly that the evergreen tree is fully 
appreciated. You. will notice the beauty of evergreens in 
approaching the wild sw r amp lands where the deciduous trees, 
the maples, beeches, elms and birches look as though dead, 
whereas the evergreens scattered here and there revel in their 
beauty and give the woodland the appearance of life and 
vitality. If you had never heard of a tree that holds its 
foliage bright and green throughout the winter months and 
should come upon a forest of them in midwinter, your sur¬ 
prise W’ould be great. 
The evergreen most commonly planted and one of the most 
hardy, and easy to transplant and to train in any shape, size 
or height desired, is the Norway spruce, which is never so 
beautiful as when laden down with wreaths of snow during 
the winter months. Evergreens are easily transplanted. 
There is one thing particularly that must be observed in the 
planting and handling of evergreens and that is, that being 
in full leaf when dug and.being planted, they should not be 
exposed to the sun and wind. In planting an evergreen you 
are planting a tree in full leaf and should take this fact into 
consideration. 
United States Navy Yard, 
t . Norfolk, Virginia, April 22, 1918. 
Green’s Nursery Co.: 
Receipt is acknowledged of shipment of evergreens, etc. The 
order arrived in first class condition, was splendidly packed and 
the trees were larger and better than I had anticipated. The order 
was in transit only for about two and one-half days, which is 
rather remarkable under present congested railroad conditions. 
Inasmuch as this order was an excelfcnt one in all respects, I 
think it no more than your due that this letter should be sent you. 
Jonx B. Fat, Jr. 
For Prices on All Evergreens and Hedges See First Pages of Catalog 
