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Mountain Laurel along winding woodland paths. Peonies, 
Iris and many other perennials are growing here, while 
just outside is the rose garden. 
Here you are invited to come and enjoy with us the 
color and fragrance. You will not be importuned to buy, 
but may wander as you will. 
For those who wish, we can supply experienced and 
competent men to plant the trees and shrubs we furnish. 
For this service a reasonable charge will be made ac¬ 
cording to the distance from the nursery. Many of the 
plantsmen have been employed here for fifteen to twenty 
years and understand the needs of the different classes 
of plants. 
Evergreens and shrubs, when planted near the house, 
will, in a few years, grow too large for the space as¬ 
signed them and will mar the effect which was originally 
intended. Instead of waiting until they are too large and 
then pruning them drastically, it is much better to give 
them a light pruning every year. By this method no large 
branches are cut and the planting will continue for many 
years improving in value and appearance. These same 
men are available in the summer and winter months and 
the cost is slight when compared with the results ob¬ 
tained. 
Especially near the house, the soil is oftentimes rather 
dry and lacking in plant food, and it is better to make 
a light application of fertilizer every year rather than 
too much at one time. Any advice we can give you in 
these matters is part of our service. 
Large specimen trees may be moved with safety at al¬ 
most any time of the year. The modern method of dig¬ 
ging with a large ball of earth on the roots ensures the 
continuous flow of sap through the fine feeding roots. 
Trees handled in this manner usually continue to grow 
without any check and make immediate landscape effects. 
If arrangements can be made to do this in the winter 
when the ball of earth may be frozen, it will be found 
the most economical way. The use of a few large speci¬ 
mens with the smaller plants give very pleasing and sat¬ 
isfactory effects. We have measured and tabulated in¬ 
dividually a large variety of specimens which we can 
furnish, and are prepared to give you estimates on your 
needs without any further obligation on your part. You 
are cordially invited to visit the nurseries and see the 
quality of the trees and plants which we are growing at 
Cherry Hill. 
