Volume XVIII 
August, 1910 
Number 2 
There is nothing to compare with a Box hedge, but we are usually 
too impatient to wait for its growth 
An interesting banking of Evergreens along the edge of a terrace 
and below. The Dogwood breaks the hard formality 
Plant Evergreens Now 
WHY AUGUST IS THE BEST TIME TO SET THEM OUT—SPECIES FOR ALL PLACES 
AND PURPOSES — THEIR CHARACTERISTICS AND METHODS OF GROWTH 
By Gardner Teall 
Photographs by Nathan R. Graves and others 
T HE best Evergreen planting month is August. This is be¬ 
cause the soil conditions at this time are particularly 
suited to an Evergreen's especial require¬ 
ments. The soil in August will not yet 
have suffered from summer droughts, and 
its mellow condition will permit the young 
roots of the Evergreen, eagerly seeking the 
soil of its new environment, to take hold 
firmly and to begin immediately the impor¬ 
tant function of furnishing moisture to the 
foliage of the plant. This month the soil 
will not be suffering from the effects of 
winter frosts, as it would in the early 
springtime, and September’s planting will 
not have set in to take one’s attention away 
from the care which must be given all newly 
planted Evergreens. Deciduous trees and 
shrubs, while requiring equal planting care, 
are different from Evergreens in the time 
required for their planting. Deciduous 
plants are put in the ground at “sleepy” 
times, and their vigor awakes with the 
awakening of nature. On the other hand, 
Evergreens want to be transplanted when and where their ener¬ 
getic constitutions may derive immediate nourishment for unin¬ 
terrupted, vigorous growth. Otherwise 
they dwindle and die. 
There are two classes of Evergreens, (1) 
those among the Conifers (Pines, Spruces, 
Plemlocks, Cedars, etc.) and (2) Broad- 
Leaved Evergreens (Rhododendrons, Box, 
Holly, Mountain Laurel, etc.). While 
those of the first sort are familiar to every¬ 
one by the general name of Evergreens, 
there are many who do not know that the 
broad-leaved varieties are likewise true 
Evergreens, though different from Coni¬ 
fer Evergreens, in appearance, their leaves 
being more like those of foliage plants in 
general. There are, of course, a few Coni¬ 
fers which are deciduous and not evergreen 
(such as the Larch, the Bald Cypress, and 
the Ginkgo.) 
The place too small to be made more 
beautiful by the introduction of Evergreens 
in the home landscape would be hard to 
A storm-aged Cypress on the edge of 
Carmel Bay 
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