12 Junipers Make the Finest of All Hedges 

Variation in scops as grown from seed is interesting and 
allows a wide assortment from which to choose but is trouble- 
some when trying to match for pairs or formal design where 
identical types are needed. To meet this need for uniformity 
selected specimens have been named and propagated vegeta- 
tively (by grafting, etc.) so that every individual will be exact- 
ly like the selected parent. Three to five years longer is re- 
quired to produce a specimen of any given size than for the 
Same size of the species. In view of these facts and inherent 
pedigreed quality of the trees themselves we feel our prices 
are very modest. 
J. scopulorum 
var. MOFFET 
Remarkably symme- 
trical habit; branches 
grow close together 
making a very dense 
tree with a minimum 
of shearing. Dominant 
color is light greenish- 
silver but in season the 
new growing tips are 
heavily silvered, giving 
the appearance of light 
hoarfrost. Heavy annu- 
al crops of berries add 
much to winter interest. 
Our field trials of 
Named scops have 
included a dozen va- 
rieties over a period 
of more than ten 
years, during which 
time most have been 
discarded. _ Of the 
four offered here- 
with, truly distinc- 
tive clons, we _ re- 
commend Moffet as 
all-around best for 
this climate. 
Available sizes: 
3 to 41% feet 
Price $5.00 per foot 
includes planting 

J. scopulorum PATHFINDER 
Outstanding bright blue color in young, fast-growing 
specimens changes to deeper, more sombre blue as the tree 
ages. A staminate form with sometimes objectionable flow- 
ers but these are quickly covered by the new growth. Full- 
bodied at the base, its branches curve upwards with branch- 
lets arranged fanwise slightly resembling Arborvitae. 
Available sizes: 2 to 4% ft. $5.00 ft., includes planting. 
J. scopulorum SUTHERLAND 
A rarity in this species where silver is the dominant 
color, its deep, dark, moss-green summer color is slightly 
lighter during winter months but at no time carries any 
trace of blue or silver. Slower growing than other clons 
or the type with a bushy, compact habit that makes a 
superbly beautiful tree even without shearing. 
Available sizes: 2 to 3% ft. $5.00 ft., includes planting. 
Prices include planting. Cash and carry orders: Discount 15% 

Let the hose run just a trickle for half a day or longer on 
newly planted evergreens, until you are sure the soil is satu- 
rated to two feet or more, every two to three weeks (not days!) 
for the entire first season. Then when the surface is beginning 
to dry and before cracks appear stir the soil around them 
lightly. Light syringing, just enough to get the foliage drip- 
ping, once or twice a day for three weeks after they are planted 
will help them immensely. 
PICEA PUNGENS—COLORADO SPRUCE 
A magnificent tree, 70 to 90 feet at maturity, ideally 
used as single specimens or background groups in parks 
and larger suburban home grounds—definitely NOT a tree 
to plant in the “front yard” of a city home. 
Its needles are short (avg. 1 inch), square, stiff and 
sharp-pointed and their color varies from a bright, cheery 
green through tones of silvery green to a lustrous, glistening 
silver-blue. The blues are called “Shiners” in the trade 
and are rarities much sought-after. 
Koster and Moerheim spruce are simply clons of P. 
pungens, propagated by grafting. We do not grow them 
because of the difficulty and time necessary to develop 
shapely specimens and because in our large stocks of the 
species you can always find specimens as highly colored as 
any of the named varieties. 
The blue color of a “Shiner” and to a lesser extent of 
the Silver, is a bloom or sheen, a sort of powdery substance 
on the surface of the needles, such as on a plum or grape, 
brightest in early summer during the new growth, less so 
after long months of winter wind, sun and storm. Gen- 
erally the blue-toned spruces carry a more sombre hue for 
the first year after transplanting, until they become thor- 
oughly established in their new location, In the second and 
subsequent years after transplanting they glow with all the 
beauty of their native heritage. 
In following the progress of many thousands of spruce 
through more than a decade in the nursery we are im- 
pressed with the great variation in shape and habit as well 
as color. Our pruning in the nursery is (and yours on your 
own grounds should be) restricted to a light annual pinch- 
ing in May while the new growth is still soft, to correct 
double leaders, to restrain an occasional overly-exuberant 
side branch, and to enhance the distinctive individuality of 
each specimen. 
Richards’ Spruce are priced according to the symmetry and 
color of the individual tree. Base rates, per foot, are for 
Shiners, those bluest of the blues, to 6 ft. $5.00 
Silvers, “halfway” color tones, to 6 ft. $4.50 
Greens, to 6 ft. $3.50 
large 6 to 10 foot specimens: add 50% to above rates 
Prices include planting. Cash and carry orders: DISCOUNT 15% 
Since there is no sharp line of color separation in these 
groups you may be asked more than $3.50 for a particularly 
good Green; conversely a fine blue not quite a Shiner would 
be charged at less than $5.00 per foot. Individual pricing gives 
you the most for your money at Richards’. 
PLEASE NOTE: Our Spruce trees do look rough. Following 
an unusually warm March and April last year four consecutive 
nights of hard freezing the middle of May caught them in the 
full flush of new growth, crippling or destroying outright that 
whole year’s development. 
We have practically no salable trees for Sprin - 
However, our trees did set double the usual Reaper pa beanies 
1947 growth and we confidently expect to have the finest lot 
of Spruce in this region for Autumn planting. We have thou- 
sands of Spruce in all sizes from 2 to 10 feet and urge you to 
book your order for Fall planting, beginning in late August. 
How to Plant Evergreens 
(1) Dig hole a foot larger and deeper than ball of earth. 
Provide good, loamy top soil to fill around ball. 


SET TREE IN HOLE 
TRIFLE LOWER THAN 
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BALL PACK Pram “W/ AT TOP OF BALL AND 
WITH FEET OR SET/, uf Yj ROLL BACK OR CUT 
TLE BY FILLING HO! 1” OFF 
WITH WATER FILL HOLE WITH SOIL. PACK FIRMLY 
AND LEAVE TOP OF GROUND COVERED WITH LOOSE 
EARTH, OR BETTER MULCH WITH STRAWY WELL ROT: 
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