WEST NEWBURY, MASS. 63 
Planting and Care 
During normal times we can supply experienced and 
competent men to plant the trees and shrubs we furnish. 
As we, like almost every other nursery, have lost a great 
many from the call to the armed forces, we urge home-owners 
to help as far as possible in planting stock bought this year. 
Besides helping to relieve the labor shortage, a very substan- 
tial saving in cost can be made. We will be only too glad to 
give advice either by letter, telephone or personal contact to 
anyone wishing to help out in this way. 
Evergreens and shrubs, when planted near the house, will 
in a few years, grow too large for the space assigned them and 
will mar the effect which was originally intended. Instead of 
waiting until they are too large and then pruning them dras- 
tically, it is much better to give them a light pruning every 
year. By this method no large branches are cut and the 
planting will continue for many years improving in value and 
appearance. We have men available in the summer and 
winter months and the cost is slight when compared with the 
results obtained. 
Especially near the house, the soil is often dry and lacking 
in plant food, and it is better to make a light application 
of fertilizer every year rather than too much at one time. 

Large specimen trees may be moved with safety at almost 
any time of the year. The modern method of digging with a 
large ball of earth on the roots ensures the continuous flow of 
sap through the fine feeding roots. Trees handled in this 
manner usually continue to grow without any check and make 
immediate landscape effects. If arrangements can be made to 
do this in the winter when the ball of earth may be frozen, it 
will be found the most economical way. The use of a few 
large specimens with the smaller plants give very pleasing and 
satisfactory effects. We have growing a large variety of 
specimens which we can furnish, and are prepared to give you 
estimates on your needs without obligation on your part. You 
are cordially invited to visit the nurseries and see the quality 
of the trees and plants at Cherry Hill. 
Proper planting fits the home to the surrounding landscape 

