J 
'Builders of Beauty’’ 
DIG HOLE AT LEAST A FOOT LARGER AND 
DEEPER THAN EARTH ATTACHED TO TREE. 
COMPLETELY SURROUND ROOT OR BALL 
OF EARTH WITH RICH LOAMY TOP SOIL. 
3 
PACK. TOP SOIL 
FIRMLY WITH 
)FEET OR BY 
FILLING HOLE 
WITH WATER. 
CUT OFF BURLAP ON 
TOP OR ROLL IT BACK. 
Keeping Evergreens 
Healthy 
Methods Recommended by The Wisconsin 
Department of Agriculture and Markets. 
With the advent of hot dry summer 
weather evergreens should be given 
plenty of water and carefully guarded 
against red spider attack. This pest is 
a very small mite, barely visible. If al¬ 
lowed to become numerous on ever¬ 
greens that mite will, through its habit 
of sucking sap from the foliage, cause 
them to lose their characteristic colors 
and assume a “rusty” appearance. Red 
spider can readily be controlled by the 
employment of one of the following 
methods: 
1. Syringe the foliage with water under pressure 
front garden hose or power sprayer, taking par¬ 
ticular pains to secure a forceful spray applied 
from underneath the foliage. 
2. Spraying with a glue spray consisting of J/2 lb. of 
a cheap grade of ground bone glue in 5 gals, of 
water. (Dissolve the glue first in a small amount 
of boiling water.) 
3. Dust with sulphur liberally on a warm day, using 
a superfine commercial brand of dusting sulphur. 
Follow directions. If used as recommended no 
injury will result from any of these treatments. 
Avoid spraying an evergreen in the middle of the 
day as water alone will sometimes result in injury 
by scalding at such times. Repeat treatment six days 
after first application to kill young spiders escaping 
in egg stage and remember that applications should 
be made as often as necessary because of continual 
reinfestations. 
Complete information on control measures for 
other insect pests and plant diseases of nursery stock 
will be gladly furnished upon request by addressing 
the State Entomologist, Room 14, Capitol Annex, 
Madison, Wisconsin. 
How to Plant Balled and 
Burlapped Evergreens 
Follow directions as outlined in picture 
above. If ball of earth appears hard and dry 
upon arrival soak it in a tub of water before 
planting. Leave saucer around base of tree 
so that drainage will be towards tree. Do 
not put fresh manure in hole so it comes in 
contact with the roots. Use well-rotted ma¬ 
nure and spread it on the ground after tree 
is planted and hole filled up. Keep ground 
well cidtivated or mulched. IF hen watering 
see that ground is soaked to a depth of 12 
or 15 inches. Just sprinkling the surface is 
not enough. 
HOLY FAMILY CONVENT 
R 1, Manitowoc, Wise. 
January 11, 1939 
The McKay Nursery Company 
Madison, Wisconsin 
Gentlemen: 
Enclosed find check in full payment of 
our recent order. The Sisters of the Convent 
are happy and pleased with the landscape 
work that has been done in beautifying our 
grounds. Your landscape architect who took 
care of us is truly an artist. 
As you know, ours is an old institution, 
but up to two years ago ive only did spas¬ 
modic plantings. Since then we have followed 
the counsel and advice of your landscape 
architect, and are beginning to see the mas¬ 
terly effects of his ivork. We look forward 
happily to future years, when your evergreens, 
trees, and shrubs will have grown more and 
when we anticipate some very beautiful 
landscape effects. 
We might also mention, that we had some 
engineering problems confronting us; one of 
which was soil erosion on a newly created 
embankment. Whereas our consulting en¬ 
gineer recommended sodding, or rip rapping 
with stone, your man solved this problem 
by planting it heavily with shrubs and 
evergreens at half the cost of the other 
methods. 
We shall again call on you in the future. 
With best wishes, we are 
Respectfully yours, 
FRANCISCAN SISTERS 
Per Sister M. Perpetua 
TABLE OF EVERGREENS and THEIR CHARACTERISTICS 
Shade of 
Sun or 
Hard- 
Variety 
Form 
Soil 
Green 
Landscape Value 
Shade 
iness 
Juniper Andorra 
CR 
Silver-blue- "j 
( Rock garden, —Turns silver-purple for winter 
H 
Juniper Sargenti 
CR 
Dark green >- 
1 Banks, —Holds color for winter 
H 
Juniper Communis 
SE 
Thrive in 
Gray-green J 
l Ground cover —Browns for winter 
H 
Juniper Pfitzeriana* 
SE 
any well" 
Dark green 
VH 
Juniper Savin 
SE 
drained soil. 
Dark green 
Foundation, border, rock garden, group. Most satisfactory low evergreen. 
H 
Juniper Meyeri 
SE 
Do well in 
Bluish white 
Foundation, border, rock garden, group plantings. 
- Sun 
H 
Juniper Stricta 
Co 
the sandier 
Bluish gray 
Foundation, border, rock garden, group. Lustrous blue foliage. 
H 
Juniper Cannarti 
IU 
soils of the 
Deep green J 
/ Foundation, group, naturalizing. Blue berries for winter. 
\ 
VH 
luniper Glauca 
IU 
state. 
Silver-blue 1 
H 
Juniper Dundee 
Py 
Bluish gray j 
/ c r j / Changes to plum-purple for winter. 
\ Specimen, foundation, group. ( Holds gQod P co , or ^ hr £ ughout ye . ar . 
VH 
Juniper Columnaris 
Py 
Bluish green / 
H 
JuniDer Virginiana 
Py - 
Green 
Groups, naturalizing, screens. Browns for winter. 
VH 
Arbor-Vitae Globe Gl ' 
Arbor-Vitae Pyramid Py 
Arbor-Vitae American Co 
Green \ J Specimen, foundation, group. Formal trees, give plenty of water, 
► Moist loam Green J V especially in fall before ground freezes. 
Green Hedge, foundation, specimen, group, background, screen. 
r c VH 
[ S p un f or . VH 
1 Shade VH 
l VH 
Fir Douglas Co Average Dark green Specimen, group, background, screen. - 
Pine Mugho Cl 
Pipe- Austrian Co 
Pine Scotch Co 
Pine White Co 
Pine Red Co . 
Light green | ("Foundation, specimen, rock garden. ' 
- Avprave I iVht vrppn f4 S P ecimen ' S rou P> background, screen, windbreak, naturalizing, rapid 
Green J [ g rowers - Austrian Pine is best for small lawn specimen. 
Deep green R d Pine prows in poorest and sandiest of soils. 
VH 
VH 
VH 
VH 
Sun VH 
VH 
VH 
VH 
VH 
Spruce Black Hills Co 
Spruce Colorado Blue Co 
Spruce Koster’s Blue Co 
Spruce Norway Co 
Blue-green Specimen, group, background, screen, windbreak. 
. Silver-blue Lawn specimen, group. Some variation in degree of blueness. 
Silver-blue Lawn specimen, group. An imported grafted tree, real blue. 
Dark green Group, background, screen, windbreak, woodlot. Most rapid grower. 
Hemlock American IU 
Taxus Cuspidata SE 
Taxus Capitata Co . 
Dark Foundation, group, hedge, screen, naturalizing. Shade VH 
■ Average Very dark \ / Foundation, group, naturalizing. Very beautiful evergreen. Red berries \ / Sun or 
Moist loam Green / J for winter. / \ Shade H 
*Junip.er Pfitzeriana will stand some shade and grow in most any kind of soil. 
IU (Irregular 
U pright) 
Gl (Globe) Py (Pyramidal) CR (Creeper) 
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SE (Semi-Erect) Co (Cone) 
