HILL EVERGREENS 
What You Have to Work With 
How to Select Proper Varieties 
Various habits of growth obtainable in Evergreens 
are roughly illustrated on page 44. First, determine 
whether the tree you have in mind to plant is suit¬ 
able and will develop into a specimen of the size and 
shape that you want. 
It must be understood that individual trees under 
varying conditions may grow entirely different than 
the picture and the sketch illustrates. 
Group “A” 
Trees in this group are the largest and tallest grow¬ 
ing forms. They include varieties which develop into 
specimens of 10 to 15 feet in diameter and up to a 
height of 50 feet or more. They are best suited for 
such purposes as heavy backgrounds, screens, wind¬ 
breaks, forest plantings, and individual specimens. 
Planters very often use them in other ways, but in 
doing so must realize that the trees will eventually 
become large and must be removed. Spruces and 
pines are frequently used in foundation plantings and 
while they are attractive for a number of years in 
such locations they will in a few years become too 
large and must be taken out. Some varieties can easily 
be trimmed and kept small. 
Group “B” 
The average height of trees in this group will run 8 
to 20 feet, and in diameter usually not more than 3 to 5 
feet. Such trees are suitable for the taller growing 
specimens in foundation plantings, entrance groups; 
also suitable for planting among borders to add con¬ 
trast to flowering shrubs, or formal uses in gardens. 
Group “C” 
This group covers trees of extremely narrow pyra¬ 
midal habit. The narrow habit of trees in this group 
may be further improved by trimming, but all of 
them have a tendency to produce very narrow spire¬ 
like forms. Such trees are of use at entrances for 
sentinels, also for markers in formal gardens, at cor¬ 
ners of houses, and similar situations. All of these 
forms can easily be trimmed and kept small if de¬ 
sired, although some of these varieties will reach 12 
to 15 feet or more when matured. 
Group “D” 
There is increasing need for round or ball-shaped 
trees. For use around smaller types of houses, in 
foundation plantings, in corners next to the walk, 
and in many situations where “tree forms” would be 
out of the question, these little dwarf growing trees 
All the purpose. They can all be trimmed and kept as 
small as desired, although if allowed to grow, many 
of these trees will reach a size and diameter of 3 or 
4 feet. 
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