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TSUGA (the Hemlock) 
One of the most useful of all 
evergreens. In dry or wet 
soils, in sun or shade. 
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Tsuga canadensis (Northern Hem- 
lock)—60 ft. Zone IV. In forests, 
a noble patriarch, but readily 
sheared to hedge or modest 
specimen sizes. Humus. Stands 
shade. The most beautiful na- 
tive evergreen. 

Sargent Weeping Hemlock 
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S1Gto 24 in eX eee 10.00 80.00 | Tsuga caroliniana (Carolina Hem- 
18to24in.B&B 4.00 36.00 __. lock)—50 ft. Zone V. Damp, 
acid preferred. Dense. Striking 
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— —pomphret — Like canadensis, 
itself, but much darker green 
and denser foliage. Neater. 
2 to 21/2 ft. BEB S00) ie hk 
—diversifolia (Japanese Hemlock) 
—70 ft. Zone V. Graceful, hand- 
some pyramid. Dark, crowded 
needles. 
2 to 2 ft. B&B 7 A) Wepenn ae 
—sieboldii (Sisbold Hemlock)— 
To 70 ft. but usually smaller. 
Zone V. Horizontal branches, 
—-—sargenti (Weeping) — Dwarf 
very spreading form. May be- 
come 15 ft. across and 6 ft. high. 
Drooping, graceful. Good dark oval head. 
green. 2 to 3 ft. B&B 450537005 
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——Why Plant Evergreens Smal]? 
Because they are far cheaper than large ones, yet are easily and _. 
cuickly grown into specimens. We will try to explain this 
sentence as simply as we can: 
Nature grows evergreens in any or- 
dinary garden. The only thing you 
must do is to keep them shapely 
and bushy. Most evergreens (Cham- 
aecyparis, Juniperus, Taxus, Thuja, 
Tsuga) are shaped when young by 
cutting back long side branches to 
an even length and tying the stem 
to a stake if the plant is too weak 
to support itself. This induces a stiff- 
er main stem and more short side 
branches —the tree grows straight 
and bushy. Such cutting is done in 
May and it is almost impossible to 
hurt a young evergreen by too much 
pruning. 
Abies, Picea and Pinus are entirely 
ditferent. Shaping consists of merely 
removing the top bud with knife or 
fingers in May if bushier trees are 
desired, or cutting all the new “‘can- 
dle" growth in half just as it is hard- 
ening in June, if dwarfing is desired. 
Disbudding is also done to any ex- 
tra-long side shoots to keep the tree 
belanced. 
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EVERGREENS GROW FAST 
Sometimes large evergreens can be 
planted and at once take hold and 
grow at good speed, but frequently 
they are stunted by the shock of 
transplanting. One customer writes: 
“My neighbor paid $30. apiece for 
12-foot specimen Red Pine; I bought 
18-inch XX (no earth ball) the same 
year. Today (12 years later) my 
trees are larger than his!’ Such ex- 
periences are not uncommon, though 
usually not so extreme. Here are 
some average rates of growth (inches 
per year):* 
Abies concolor 9 
—douglasi 16 
Juniper Pfitzer 15 
—Sargent 10 
—virginiana 11 
Pinuscembra 6 
—mughus 7 
—nigra 1] 
—sylvestris iS 
Taxus cuspid 11 
Picea glauca 12 —Hicksi 12 
——conica 2 —Kelsey 8 
— excelsa 13” “Thuja occidss 11 
—pungens ll Tsugacanad. 12 
* Small transplants grow at 1/2 this rate, 
the first two years. 
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COSTS OF SHIPPING 
Evergreens vary enormously as to 
weight, even plants of the same 
height, so exact figures can never 
be given before digging. Average 
figures, however, are about as fol- 
lows: 
Size. Packing Weight 
4to 8in.S none oz: 
6 to 10 in. X none 3 oz. 
10 to 18 in. X none 6 oz. 
12 to 24 in. XX none 3/, lb. 
(Packing is charged on above, how- 
ever, unless cash accompanies order) 
(1) (10) 
Ito 2ft.B&éB $ .25 $1.00 60lb. 
Z2to 4 ft. B&B soUuee2 00. 2 90 Lay 
4to 6 ft. B&B 100 4.00 120 lb. 
6to 8 ft. B&B 1.25 5.00 200 lb. 
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