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The North Eastern Foresty Co., Cheshire Conn. 
T lll'^ North Eastern Forestry Co., was organized by 
men who were interested in forestry and as tliey 
were located in tlie north-eastern section of the United 
States they adopted that name for their l)usiness. 
The aim ancl intent of the business is to grow and 
they liave had so much call from nurserymen for a good 
grade of stock for lining out they have gradually gone 
into the raising some of the choicest evergreens for or¬ 
namental planting. 
These they grow to larger sizes for the nursery trade 
Three-year White Pine Transplants, The North Eastern Nur. Co. 
supply stock for forestry purposes. Stock that would 
be native grown, free from disease and pests and freshly 
dug, at reasonable prices. 
While they have adhered very closely to the original 
plan of growing, mainly conifers, for forestry planting 
but do not larger ornamental trees or cater to the retail 
trade. 
Mr. F. S. Baker the able superintendent reports a 
rapidly increasing business and it is with much pleasure 
we reproduce the accompanying cuts which give a good 
idea of the scope of this growing concern. 
THE PLANTING OF ORNAMENTALS 
Summary of address by I. E. Long, Mgr. Landscape 
Department Ashford Park Nurseries before meeting 
of the Southern Nurserymen’s Association, 
Atlanta, Ga. 
In recent years the American people have shown a 
great improvement in their standards of good taste in 
architecture and the decoration of their homes. 
We no longer think of an ornamental planting as 
something intended only for the millionaire class with a 
large country estate. We now realize that the smallest 
lawn should be carefully planned and planted, as the 
t)lanting of the home grounds is becoming an essential 
part in the development of the residential site, and the 
proper setting of the house is becoming as important as 
the plan of the building or the interior decorations. 
Ornamentals are the materials with which we make 
the landscape compositions. Ever having in mind that 
we are painting a picture which will show the house 
properly framed with a background and skyline harmon¬ 
izing with the general surroundings. 
An unlovely view wdll suggest the introduction of a 
clump of plants to screen that which is unsightly and 
produce a note of interest in the place. 
A barren uninteresting lawn w ill require trees that are 
large enough to produce a pleasant play of light and 
shadow on a scene that w ould otherw ise be most mono¬ 
tonous, the trembling leaves and swaying l)ranches are 
ever a source of delight and excite the emotions of the 
sublime. Trees are of slow growth and should be 
planted rather thickly at first and gradually thinned out 
as the occasion demands leaving each stand out in its 
majesty show ing a clear cut outline. 
The "appearance of a man’s home is of as much impor¬ 
tance as his personal appearance and from the fact that 
we enter his home at the entrance to the grounds it is 
