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DUNDEE NURSERY, 
HOW TO PLANT AND CARE FOR SEEDLING EVERGREENS. 
Be sure and prepare the ground very fine and mellow; the garden is a go#d 
place to plant and protect the first few years. Plant either in beds like radish 
teds or in long rows just wide enough o use either the hand of wheel hoe. The 
line roots must not be exposed to the sun, dry air or wind, for even a few 
minutes kill them. They may not change in looks as quick as that, but you 
may be certain that they will never grow if the roots have dried—even five 
minutes. Better unpack in cellar or hed and plant from bucket of water- 
just enough water to cover loots, but not to wet tops. Take one tree at a time 
and pound earth firmly against roots, placed against the perpendicular side of 
the trench. The trees should be a little deeper than in nursery, and tramped 
on both sides very solid. Leave the surface in a smooth, fine condition. Shade 
them the first year or two by laying any brush across stakes or braces one 
or two feet high. Fix these so they can easily be removed when cultivation 
Is required. If season is very dry and plants are shaded, they can be watered, 
hut never more than once in two weeks, and then the surface and around 
and below the roots must be thoroughly and abundantly soaked. A little 
water on the surface would do more damage than good. Finally give them 
the best cultivation till about July 15, and you will soon have fine evergreens 
large enough for planting anywhere. 
Medals for Best Exhibit of Hardy Evergreens 
World s Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1803. 
MY REFERENCES. 
By permission, I refer my friends and patrons to the following firms: 
Honorable B. E. Fernow, Chief of the Department of Forestry, U. S. AgricuL 
arral Department, Washington, D. C., (I am growing for the above department 
n large quantity of the leading varieties of evergreens.) Also, Albert Miller 
ex-postmaster, Dundee, Illinois; Express Agent, Dundee, Illinois; Hon H B 
Willis Judge of Kane County Circuit Court, Elgin, Illinois; Hon. Norman 
. , eman ’ St Louis > Mo., and any reliable nursery firm, bank or commer¬ 
cial agency, and thousands of pleased customers throughout the United States. 
Yours truly. 
D. HILL, Evergreen Specialist 
