Sherman Nursery Company, Charles City, Iowa 
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Evergreens 
The EVERGREEN is taking- its rightful 
place in the landscape. 
The middle west is coming to depend upon 
the EVERGREEN as the backbone of all land¬ 
scape plantings because it is useful and orna¬ 
mental all the year round. The snows of win¬ 
ter, which make deciduous plantings look stark 
and cold, only add to the warmth and beauty 
of the EVERGREEN. 
In the summer when deciduous trees exhibit 
luxuriant foliage and flower, the soft colored 
EVERGREENS provide the background and 
the connecting link that makes the whole 
planting a harmonious design. 
Where should one buy EVERGREENS? From 
the man who collects wild, straggly things from 
the unkept forest and sends them out to almost 
certain death? From the jobber or the depart¬ 
ment store who handles them merely as so 
much merchandise? Or from the LARGEST 
GROWERS IN THE WORLD of EVER¬ 
GREENS—from men who have spent a life¬ 
time developing fine evergreens, and who han¬ 
dle the baby trees with almost loving hands 
throug'hout their nursery life, and then send 
them away to you packed carefully in the kind 
Evergreen Seed Beds 
of material that will insure safe transportation 
and almost sure life after transplanting. 
The SHERMAN NURSERY COMPANY 
grows more EVERGREEN trees than any other 
grower in the world. The pictures here will 
give you an idea of the extent of some of our 
plantings. 
The SHERMAN NURSERY COMPANY has 
grown to its present size in half a century. 
Throughout the years it has been 
one of our chief aims to grow the 
best EVERGREENS obtainable 
anywhere. The fact that the de¬ 
mand for SHERMAN EVER¬ 
GREENS has made it necessary 
to grow more evergreens than 
any other nursery in the world 
suggests the character of our 
trees. 
H2& Why Sherman Ev¬ 
ergreens Grow 
This picture shows why Sherman 
Evergreens grow. They are three times 
or more transplanted (root pruned each 
time), set out in wide rows, and care¬ 
fully cultivated and trimmed where 
necessary. 
Such care results in a well balanced 
top and a large healthy root system, 
insuring successful transplanting. 
How to Plant Ever¬ 
greens 
Evergreens are not hard to 
plant. However, one must take 
care not to expose the roots to 
the sun or wind, for the ever¬ 
green is different from the de¬ 
ciduous trees in that its sap is 
composed in a great measure of 
rosin, which dries and cakes 
very quickly when exposed to 
sun or wind. Once dried and 
caked, this sap will never run 
again, and it means certain death 
to the tree. 
In setting an evergreen, dig 
