14 THE SARCOXIE NURSERIES PEONY FIELDS 


Hardy Evergreens, Beautiful “Winter and Summer 
It’s easy to have beautiful grounds in spring and summer, 
when we have such an abundance of flowers. For all-year beauty 
we must have evergreens. After the leaves have fallen and winter 
has a firm grip is when we most appreciate their value for add 
ing life and character to the landscape. They lend a dignity. 
tichness and beauty obtainable in no other way. Their variety 
of form and foliage makes them a joy throughout the year 
With many trees and shrubs we must wait several years for a 
finished effect. Not so with evergreens They at once add charm 
and a sense of coziness and cheer to os Dome. 
Evergreens are Easy to Plant 
Our evergreens are not grown rapidly and soft, but are firm 
and well developed. Grown with plenty of room, they are 
compact, well filled trees of their size and variety. They have 
been transplanted and root pruned and are well rooted. They 
are liberally graded and, execpt mail sizes, are dug with a ball 
of earth wrapped in burlap, termed “‘balled and buriapued” or 
B. © B. Planting balled evergreens is like plant ng >>tted 
plants, and just as easy. Unpack as soon as received. I’rotec: che 
roots from sun and wind, plant firmly, and they transplant 
as easily and successfully as shrubs. 

“Svergreens ure excellent for foun- 
tain plantings, the taller varieties 
Irish Juniper 
a at the back, the lower to the front. 
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l'runing Evergreens 
If you wish to make Arborvitaes, Junipers and Retinosporas 
more compact, they may be “‘sheared.’’ However, after a plant 
has left the nursery shearing is hardly the correct term as_ the 
branches or tips should be cut out individually with a knife or 
clippers to keep the plant symmetrical, not sheared with grass 
shears as the term would imply. This work may be done almost 
anytime with no ill effect except in hot dry weather. 
Mail Sizes, postpaid 
Aborvitae, Woodward Globe; Thuja occidentalis 
Woodwardi 
A low, compact form of the American type, growing 3-3% 
ft. high, and naturally globular in form. Deep green foliage: 
very hardy; its dwarf nature makes it useful for low bordezs, 
foundation and formal plantings, in sunny situations. 
Mail size, postpaid .30 each 15 to 18 in. B. & B. 1.25 each 
12ito: 1bcine Be Gy Bite a ae ae eee -. -1.00 each 
Cedar, Blue, see Juniper. Slue 
These are transplanted, sturdy little trees, not balled and 
burlapped as they do not require it. Plant them firmly, water 
them well, give them time and they will make nice trees. B. & 
B. trees cannot be sent by parcel post. 
Arborvitae; Thuja 
One of the most important groups of evergreens. The flatten- 
ed branchlets are clothed with small, usually scale-like leaves 
which look as if pressed tightly together. There are two main 
groups. The American or occidentalis has the branchlets in a 
more or less horizontal position. The Chinese or orientalis type 
has the branchlets in an upright position. 
Arborvitae, American Pyramidal; Thuja occidentalis 
pyramidalis 
Compact and narrowly pyramidal, with age almost a perfect 
column, its short branches densely covered with deep green foli- 
age. It reaches a height of 18-20 ft., usually not over 2 ft., in 
diameter at the base; fairly rapid growth. Valuable for formal 
Cedar, Goldtip, see Juniper, Goldtir 
Cedar, Red, see Juniper, Virginia 
Juniper; Juniperus 
The Junipers vary greatly in size from !s:ge “res to low 
trailing forms, in shape and in color from deep green to silvery- 
blue and gold. Andorra and Dundee assume a purplish or plum 
color in winter. The leaves are of two kinds—one sharp point- 
ed and awl-shaped, the other scale-like and over-lapping. Some 
varieties have only one kind of foliage, others both. Red Cedar 
and its varieties are really Junipers, but are often called for as 
Cedars. 
Juniper, Andorra; Juniperus communis depressa plumosa 
This dwarf, creeping Juniper seldom raises its branches over 
12 inches off the ground; in spring and summer bright silvery- 
green, in autumn rich reddish-purple; excellent in the rockery 
and to the front of taller evergreens; best in a sunny situation. 
Mail size, postpaid .30 each 18 to 24in. B. & B. 2.00 each 
12 to 15 in. B.& B. 1.00 each 24 to 30in. B. & B. 2.75 each 
15 to 18 in. B. & .B. 1.75 each 30 to 36in. B. & B. 3.50 each 
Juniper, Blue or Silver; Juniperus virginiana glauca 
One of the most popular blue Junipers; the young growth is 
silvery, changing to a beautiful bluish-green, affording color 
contrast in the landscape; fairly rapid growth, broadly pyram- 
idal habit with long slender branches producing a graceful ef- 
fect; grows 15 to 20 ft. high; may be kept lower and dense by 
pruning; of rather open habit until it attains size. 
2 to 3 ft B. & B. 3.00 each 4 to 5 ft. B. & B. 6.00 each 
3 to 4 ft. B. & B. 4.00 each 
Juniper, Cannart; Juniperus virginiana cannarti 
A broadly pyramidal, medium sized tree, reaching a height of 
15 to 20 ft., or by pruning may be kept lower and dense; if 
untrimmed the growth is more or less open but pleasing; foli- 
age deep green, heavily tufted; some trees bear silvery-blue 
berries which begin coloring in late July or August. 
3 to 4 ft. B. & B. 3.50 each 5 to 6 ft. B. & B. 7.50 each 
4 to 5 ft. B. & B. 5.50 each 
Juniper, Dundee; Juniperus va. pyramidaformia Hilli 
Foliage gray-green in summer, in winter plum-color, not 
bronze but a purplish shade; narrowly pyramidal, reaching a 
height of about 15 to 20 ft., may be kept lower by pruning: 
valuable for accent and contrast in form and color. 
2 to 3 ft. B. & B. 3.00 each 4 to 5 ft. B. & B. 5.00 each 
3 to 4 ft. B. & B. 4.00 each 5 to 6 ft. B. & B. 6.50 each 
plantings and for accent, corners, in front of pillars, or in the 
center background of group plantings. Naturally pyramidal; not 
artificially produced by shearing. 
.30 each 
Not suitable for dense shade. 
Mail size, postpaid 18 to 24 in. B. & B 1.50 each 

Globe Arborvitae is naturally globular in form id 
