Evergreens 
B. P. BARR NURSERIES 
Ba rr’s Evergreen Trees and Shrubs Give 
Beauty and Pleasure The Year ’Round 
All Barr’s “Will Grow” Evergreens are dug 
with a Ball and Burlapped as shown above to 
insure safe transplanting. 
^ 0 other plants offer so much in value as 
* ^ Evergreens giving as they do enjoyment 
twelve months the year ’round. Then, too, they 
can be used in so many interesting ways and 
make a lasting improvement to any property. 
On the following pages there is a choice 
of Evergreens for every purpose—for founda¬ 
tion planting, for single or massed plantings 
on the open lawn, for lining walks, or for 
hedges. 
When considering Evergreens for a plant¬ 
ing visualize first what shape the plant should 
have for that particular location, keeping in 
mind, too, the ultimate height. Following the 
botanical name of each variety listed on the 
following pages we show its ultimate height 
for your guidance in selection. 
How To Use Evergreens 
The smaller members of the pyramidal group 
such as Redcedars, American Arborvitae, etc., 
are used as accents at the corners of the 
house, beside the doorway, at the corners of 
a formal garden, and similar places. The 
round or globe-shaped plants such as Globe 
Arborvitae, Mugho Pine, etc. find best use in 
the formal garden and at each side of steps, 
but never in groups. The spreading types, like 
Pfitzer Juniper, Spreading Yew, etc. are 
valued for foundation planting and general 
use. These types group together well, har¬ 
monize with deciduous shrubs, and soften the 
severe lines of the more pyramidal forms. The 
creeping types like Sargent Juniper, Spread¬ 
ing Juniper, etc. may be used in the rock 
garden, for covering small slopes and in the 
foreground of foundation plantings. 
Don’t Crowd Large-Growing Types 
An error to be avoided in the use of Ever¬ 
greens is to put large-growing types like 
Spruces, Pines, and Firs in front of porches. 
In a short time they will become crowded 
and grow out of bounds, requiring replacement 
which multiplies the cost of the planting. 
When and How to Plant Evergreens 
Evergreens transplant best during the Spring 
months, before and just as new growth is beginning, 
or for several months following August 15 when 
the new growth is completed and has become suf¬ 
ficiently hardened. 
The excavation for planting should be considerably 
larger and deeper than the encased roots so as to 
allow liberal space around the ball for filling in with 
good soil. Do not remove burlap, only loosen it at 
top and roll back as indicated in illustration. Care¬ 
fully pack soil under earth ball and when hole is 
two-thirds refilled, flood, with water. 
In restoring the remainder of the excavated soil 
allow a shallow basin to remain around the tree to 
collect the rain and enable it to soak into the ground. 
Mulch with well-rotted manure or straw to corn- 
serve the moisture in the ground and keep it from 
becoming hard. In the Fall mound the soil against 
the plants. 
Frequently direct a strong force of water against 
the under side of the foliage, when the sun is not 
shining, to preserve the vigor and beauty of the plant. 
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(5)pill hole with soil, pack firmly 
AND LEAVE TOP OF OROUNO COVERED WITH LOOM 
EARTH, OR BETTER MULCH WITH STRAWY VOX ROT¬ 
TED MANURE 
hole a foot larger and deeper 
than ball of earth. 
Your Money Spent For Poor Plants Is Just as Good as Thrown Away. 
