8 
EVERGREENS 
Some of the spicy evergreens should be included in the land¬ 
scaping of practically every place, no matter how moderate its 
dimensions may be. 
Evergreens are in a distinct class as ornamentals and there 
is no substitute for them. Not only are they the most beautiful 
of trees,but they retain this beauty throughout the entire year, 
clothing the earth with greenery during the cold blasts of 
winter. The range of colors and forms available is truly won¬ 
derful. For windbreaks, tall screens or hedges, for privacy,the 
evergreens are unmatched. Evergreens planted at the doorway 
entrance give a pleasant feeling of warmth and welcome. A 
narrow, tall- growing variety on each side of the entrance with 
dwarf-growing specimens grouped at their bases will be a pleas¬ 
ing dignified combination. As with all groups of plants, there 
are best varieties for every particular use. Marshalls have the 
largest list of evergreens in the West to select from, and this 
list has been chosen for western conditions. 
Group 2 
Group 6 
Group 7 
SCOUTING for SUPERIOR TREES 
The eastern varieties have all been tested for western adap¬ 
tability, and many new types of western species have been 
selected, grafted, and placed in Marshalls* trial grounds for 
testing. Scouting the canyons of the eastern slope of the Rocky 
Mountains for trees of outstanding characteristics has been a 
long-time hobby of Geo. A. Marshall. He has brought in grafting 
wood of many with apparent superior qualities. Those that carry 
through in a definite way the qualities for which selected, 
after a number of years trial on our grounds, are named and put 
on the propagating list. About fifty different varieties of 
grafted Juniper, still unnamed, are under observation in our 
trial ground. 
SELECTED for PARTICULAR USES 
Each selection is made because of some superior quality of 
the mother tree - color of foliage,texture of foliage,symmetry, 
compactness, ultimate height, height to spread, etc. The matter 
of each one retaining the general form for which selected 
without much shearing later, on the planter’s grounds, is im¬ 
portant . Almost any evergreen can be trained into desired form 
and be kept that way with constant shearing by experienced 
nurserymen, but if neglected,may soon develop into form not de¬ 
sired where used. For instance, a Platte River red cedar can be 
trained into a narrow columnar tree by frequent careful clip¬ 
ping during the growing season; but as soon as this is neglect¬ 
ed to any extent,it reverts to its natural shape which is quite 
as wide as high. Marshalls* varieties selected for special 
purpose planting,with the characteristics retained by grafting, 
need only a minimum of training after the planter has them. 
This is very important, especially with foundation evergreens. 
TRANSPLANTING MAKES GOOD ROOTS 
Marshalls* evergreens are all transplanted several times be¬ 
fore being offered. Roots are trimmed back at each transplant¬ 
ing which results in a mass of fibrous feeding roots close in, 
to go with the earth ball. Transplanting also develops caliper 
and sturdiness of trunk, and compact, well-furnished side 
branches from the ground up. Trees are wide-spaced in the 
nursery, giving ample room for limb-spread and digging with 
large balls of earth. 
MARSHALLS SOIL ADAPTED to BALLING 
The soil at Marshalls is ideal for balling, and balled 
and burlapped trees carry through with very few cracked or 
’’mushy*' earth balls,which is not the case when evergreens are 
dug from sandy valley soils. Marshalls Nurseries are also free 
of bindweed. A balled evergreen from a bindweed infested nurs¬ 
ery will easily Infest the ground on which it is transplanted. 
