Direct Grom 
Grower te You! 
NORTHERN-GROWN EVERGREENS 
ARE OUR SPECIALTY! 
No time is more favorable for you to plant Evergreens than the present. Other im i 
: . ant provements to your home are expensive and 
almost impossible to buy. Fortunately at this time we have our Sauer large stock—hundreds of ame of beautiful specimens to 
sell. We offer them to you as the finest improvement you can make to your exterior home at any time. 
We are proud to be the largest mail order firm selling evergreens direct to the customer, and can assure you with our past 
78 years of experience that you cannot get any better trees at any price than at the EARL FERRIS NURSERY, 
INDIVIDUALLY WRAPPED SPECIMENS 
What This Means 
By; i In the past many successful planters have used INDIVIDUALLY WRAPPED Evergreens, packed in sphagnum moss. This year 
{fa we are wrapping the smaller and medium size specimens in this manner without extra charge. We have found this the most 
economical and successful method for speeding up transportation of specimen irees. 
Haw to Grow Evergreens Successfully 



ce Af svmar WRAPPED Evergreens are easy to plant. Set 
: _ deeply an firmly, then water well. 







B&B MEANS BALLED AND BURLAPPED 
The tree is dug with a solid ball of rich, heavy loam in 
which it has been growing for years, completely covering 
and protecting the root system. The ball is firmed and held in place bya 
secure covering of burlap and twine. The average weight of a 21/;-3 ft. 
specimen when balled and burlapped is 65 pounds: They are shipped by freight or express tyour 
Choice). We recommend express because of the quicker service, but freight Eiiptnepts can be en- 
route three or four weeks without damage to B&B evergreens. To customers who are located 500 miles 
or more from us, we recommend your checking with your express agent on the shipping costs, 
An INDIVIDUALLY WRAPPED Steel Blue Juniper as received by tiguring 65 to 100 Ibs. per B&B tree. If the rate is too high, we advise you to use the smaller sizes, 
Ke nd og one of our customers. Such trees are individually dug, and wrappea Individually Wrapped. 
k immediately at the Nursery in sphagnum moss. When each package We do not believe it is necessary to Ball and Burlap the smaller and medium size specmiens, for 
with INDIVIDUAL WRAP you get more economy and quicker service. This season we can Ball and 
is undone, the specimen should be planted and watered at once. 
Burlap only those evergreens marked “"B&B”. 
, Send now for your Evergreens, in the quick, easy INDIVIDUALLY 
WRAPPED WAY. 
Important Rules We Urge You to Follow 
1. Examine the trees at express, freight or truck office, and call any damage to the attention 
of the agent at once, as all trees are in perfect condition when they ieave nursery. 
Qerris’ \Ofarm LA 2. Have your ground ready for planting by the time the trees arrive. It should be good growing 
soil such as you would use for a corn’crop or garden, and prepared in much the same manner. If 
there is sod where you wish to plant, strip this sod to a width of 1 ft. Giscier than the spread of the 






































tree, planting the trees in the center of the space. Thoroughly work and pulverize the soil from which 
& G the sod has been stripped. 
7 EXPOSE ROOTS TO THE AIR AS LITTLE AS POSSIBLE 
3. Always plant as soon as the trees reach you. Do not expose the roots to the air. When you 
have everything ready to plant, unpack the shipment, putting the roots of each tree into a pail or tub 
of water and soak thoroughly, then plant at once. 
PLANT DEEPLY AND FIRMLY 
4. Plant deeply and firmly, spreading the roots out in their natural positions, and press the soil 
1 BURK (BLUE) JUNIPER, Specimen, 2-3 tt........... $6.00 
1 PFITZER’S JUNIPER, Specimen, 2x3 ft.. 
1 SAVIN JUNIPER, Specimen, 2x3 ft. 

~ 1 MUGHO PINE, Specimen, 18x24 in.. ... 3.00 around each tiny root. Evergreens should be planted from 2 to 6 inches deeper than they were in* 
hes Total $17.50 the nursery row, depending on the size of the tree. At the top of the ground, leave a little loose soil 
é all ak re = =e eae 2 to prevent the ground from baking. Several days after planting, and after any severe wind or 
heavy rain during the first season, once more stamp the ground with extreme firmness around the 
OUR “CHARM” GROUP $ 00 roots. 
SPECIAL hfe 225 2e aa e 5. Start cultivation at once; cultivate well and often during the growing season. This. should be 
“~ done for the first 2 years. Evergreens will not thrive or give best results in a weed patch. If you 
(Individually Wrapped) cannot cultivate, give them a very heavy mulching of well-rotted straw or old sawdust as scon as 
your trees are planted. 

Four Superb, Hardy Evergreens for a charming landscape 
setting—so fine for foundation or entrance. WATER WELL 
6. If you are having dry weather at planting time, fee should water evergreens thoroughly about 
> every other evening until you get a soaking rain. Do this through all dry spells for the first year or 
‘< two. This is especially necessary in foundation plantings of ornamental, evergreens, where the trees 
get a strong reflection from the sun and the ground dries out more readily. Evergreen trees act as 
an umbrella over the ground where their roots are planted, so they require considerable more mois- 
ture than shrubs or shade trees. Oftentimes after heavy rains the roots which are directly under the 
umbrella-like branches of an evergreen remain dry. 
7. See to it that your young grove is securely fenced when 
is more injurious to young evergreens than livestock in the yar 
8. For Individually Wrapped Specimens. Remove all of the packing material, soak the roots very 
thoroughly, and plant at once, following closely Rules ] to 6. 
g. For Seedling Evergreens. Plant them in a garden plot or in beds for the first two years, fol- 
lowing the same apeciions we give in 3, 4 and 5S, but setting them 8 or 10 inches apart. A partial shade 
through the first summer is clways beneficial, and give them plenty of moisture during dry periods. 
10. For Balled and Burlapped Evergreens. Dig a hole about twice the size of your ball, and plant 
the tree ai once. If the ground is dry at plonting time fill the hole with water, and let it soak away 
before putting in the tree. Take care to handle the tree care- 
. . fully so as not to break the ball, place it in the hole so that 
1, RN oe the tree will be a few inches deeper than it had been in the 
Pe, nursery, then cut the burlap at the top of the ball, rolling it 
back for 3 or 4 inches. Plant ball, burlap and all, using good 
growing soil to pack around the ball, and be sure to pack this 
soil firmly. 
lanted, regardless of locality. Nothing 
aio trample them down. 
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