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American Arborviiao makes wonclefully fine hedges. 
Arborvitae 
This class of evergreens can readily be distinguished from 
pines nixl spruces because of the tlattened foliage. \vlii<‘h lias a 
tendency to set on edge, particularly witli certain varieties. 
S'one of the arborvita? get very large, and all excepting tlic we.st- 
ern are slow growers; this makes them valuable when space is 
limited and when you want trees that will stay small. The 
golden colors of some of tiie varieties, together with their pyra¬ 
midal form, make them specially adapted for jdanting ns speci¬ 
mens. Arborvit.'o makes wonderful hedges and rarely do we find 
a idanting of any size where some varicty'is not used. 
American (Thui/a occidcnialis) . V»'hlle ihis variety is well 
— adapted for specimens, for massing, and for screens, 
its most valuable use seems to be in hedge plantings. It 
grows rapidly during the first three or four years, but after 
that it develops very slowly, and in twenty or thirty years 
it seldom attains a height of more than 30 feet. Tn summer 
the foliage is bright green above and yellowish beneatli; in 
winter the foliage cimnges to bronzy lines. 
Each 
10 
3 
to 
4 
feet. 
...S2 00 
$17 
50 
4 
(0 
5 
feel. 
. 3 00 
27 
50 
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0 
feet. 
37 
60 
(j 
f 
font 
47 
50 
to 
S 
feet.. 
. C 00 
60 
00 
8 
to 
10 
feel. 
75 
OO 
10 
to 
12 
feel. 
90 
00 
El 
.EW.AXGER’S (T. oooulentalis 
ElUvangerlano). 
12 
to 
IS 
in. . 
$17 
50 
CHINESE (Biota orientalis). The outline of the tree is similar to 
our native arborvitae. but the foliage is more delicately cut and 
in some cases a deeper green. 
Each 10 
3 to 4 feet.S3 00 $25 00 
4 to 5 feet. ■» 00 35 00 
r, to G feet. u 00 45 00 
G to 7 feet. 0 00 So OO 
7 to S feet. " 00 65 00 
8 to 10 feet. 0 00 85 00 
Compact Arborvitae (T. Compacta). v. w in 
Each 10 
12 to IS in.00 $17 50 
Globular Arborritao (T. Globos.i). 
12 to 18 in. 2 00 17 50 
Pyramidal .-\rborvitae (T. Pyramidali.':) 
18 to 24 in... 2 00 17 50 
