16 THE SARCOXIE NURSERIES PEONY FIELDS a 
Hardy Evergreens, Beautiful Summer and Winter | 

For producing an immediate, finished effect with an air of 
permanence and stability, nothing will take the place of 
evergreens. They blend delightfully with the gay flowers of 
summer, and when the wind-swept winter garden is brown 
and bare, their foliage masses afford a sense of coziness and 
cheer. The taller kinds are excellent for accent trees beside 
the doorway and at corners of the dwelling, for screens and 
shelter from winter’s winds. The lower are ideal for founda- 
tion planting and other locations where height is not desired. 
The heights to which the trees will grow are necessarily 
approximate and will vary with soil conditions and care 
given. 
Evergreens Are Easy to Plant 
Grown with plenty of room, our evergreens are compact, 
well developed trees of their size and variety. They have 
been transplanted and root pruned to develop a good root 
system. They are liberally graded and, except mail sizes, 
are dug with a ball of earth wrapped in burlap, termed “ball- 
ed and burlapped, or B&B. Planting balled evergreens is like 
planting potted plants, and just as easy. Protect the ball of 
earth from sun and wind, plant firmly, water well, and they 
transplant as easily and as successfully as shrubs. 
Pruning Evergreens 
To keep Arborvitaes and Junipers compact and shapely, 
they may be ‘sheared.’ After a plant has left the nursery 
shearing is hardly the correct term as the branches or tips 

Globe Arborvitae is naturally globular in form. 
should be cut out individually with a knife or clippers, not 
sheared with grass shears as the term implies. Pruning may 
be done almost any time with no ill effect except in hot dry 
weather. 
Mail Sizes Postpaid 
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 you nice trees. 
B&B trees cannot be sent by parcel post. 
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Arborvitae; Thuja 
One of the most important groups of evergreens. The flat- 
tened or fern-like branches are clothed with tiny, 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 a vertical or 
upright position. 
Arborvitae, American Pyramidal; Thuja occidentalis 
pyramidalis ~ 
Compact and narrowly pyramidal, with age almost a per- 
fect column, its short branches densely covered with deep 
green foliage. Fairly rapid growth, reaching 18 to 20 ft., usu- 
ally not over 2 ft. in diameter at the base. Valuable for 
formal plantings, for accent, corners, in front of pillars, or in 
the center background of groups. Naturally pyramidal; not 
artificially produced by shearing. Not suitable for dense 
shade. 
18 to 24 in. B&B.. 1.50 each 2’. to 3 ft. B&B. .2.25 each 
2 to 24. ft.) BEB asic he ie ine ee ene een 1.75 each 
Arborvitae, Baker's; Thuja orientalis Bakeri 
An upright, somewhat columnar form of Chinese; rather 
light green foliage; fairly rapid growth, reaching 8 ft. 
2 to. 3 ft. B&B olin ei areicerae sete near eee eee 2.00 each 
Arborvitae, Berckman’s; Thuja orientalis aurea nana 
A perfect gem; superb, somewhat ovate shape; compact, 
dwarf habit, slowly growing about 7 ft. high; new spring and 
early summer growth gold’ suffused with green, in winter 
green to bronze-green; valuable for cemetery, lawn and land- 
scape; admired by all lovers of formal evergreens. 
12 to 15 in. B&B.. 1.25 each 18 to 24 in. B&B.. 2.50 each 
15 to 18 in. B&B.. 1.75 each 2 to 2/4 ft. B&B.. 3.00 each 
Arborvitae, Bonita; Thuja orientalis bonita 
Sometimes called a globe; more properly broadly conical 
with rounded top; foliage rich green; compact habit; slow 
growth; an excellent dwarf Arborvitae reaching about 4 ft. 
15 to 18 In. B&B.. 1.75 each 18 to 24 in. B&B.. 2.25 each 
