NURSERY 

SHEARING EVERGREENS 
Evergreens planted on the lawn can 
usually be allowed to grow about as they 
like, but those planted near the house 
must be properly sheared or they will 
not only get too large but will often 
become open and scraggy. This shear- 
ing is easy to do and most anyone can 
do it but it is very important that it be 
done at the proper time. The shearing 
will be much more satisfactory if done 
every year so it will not be necessary to 
cut anything except the present year’s 
growth. In cutting this new growth 
there should be at least an inch left on 
each twig as this will encourage the pro- 
duction of new buds from which next 
year’s growth will start. 
Shear Mugho Pine the first week in 
June, Spruces during the latter part of 
June. 
Junipers and Arborvitae may be shear- 
ed in early spring if they had not been 
sheared the summer before, to be fol- 
lowed by the usual summer shearing. 
The regular annual shearing of these 
varieties may be done any time from 
June through August, probably the best 
time being the latter part of July. 

This is an unusual and interesting planting on 
north side of house, in which we used the Blue 
Spruce, Black Hills Spruce, Pfitzer Juniper, 
Hemlock, Dwarf Alberta Spruce, Dwarf Yew 
and Pyramidal Arbor Vitae. 
CARE OF EVERGREENS 
There is nothing that adds so much to 
the beauty of the city home or the farm 
as a planting of evergreens, but you 
cannot just plant them and then let 
them shift for themselves. You don’t 
drive your new car for a year without 
giving it some oil, or use a new rug all 
winter without sweeping it, so why not 
give those evergreens some chance to 
beautify your grounds as they are cap- 
able of doing? 
It is surprising how few people are 
willing to take a few minutes once a 
week to give their evergreens a good 
soaking. Oh, yes, they will begin to 
soak them thoroughly as soon as they 
begin to show signs of dying! But when 
an evergreen begins to look sick, it is 
already dead. 
Have a depression around each tree 
so that when you water it the water 
will not all run away but will soak down 
to where the roots are. 
And dogs! They are Enemy No. 2. 
The most effective preventative for this 
enemy is to put some 16 inch garden 
fencing in front of the evergreens. 
And there is the Red Spider which 
begins to work when it gets hot and dry. 
When they begin to suck the juice, the 
evergreens will have a grayish cast, or 
you can easily tell if they are present by 
holding a sheet of white paper under 
a twig and tapping the twig. The Red 
Spiders are almost invisible and look 
like specks of dust but are always mov- 
ing. A dose of cold water will check 
them and some Dusting Sulphur will kill 
them. 
There was a severe infestation last 
summer of Red Cedar Aphid on Juniper 
trees. This is a reddish-brown insect 
about one eighth of an inch long which 
appears in May and can be controlled by 
spraying with Black Leaf 40. 
Windbreak Trees 
Norway Spruce, 
Norway Spruce, 
Black Hills Spruce, twice transplanted 
100 
Fe Gs WillLOW octet reser 2-3 ft. $ 6.00 
RA GAW WlOW ss serene 3-4 ft. 8.00 
Tite lime WiAllOWe eee 3-4 ft. 8.00 

twice transplanted ........ 
twice transplanted ........ 
S IDEAL FOR LAWNS. FLOWERS, SHRUBS 
10 25 100 
Beli: TMdec te 18-24 inch $ 7.50 17.50 65.00 
Se 2a 24-30 inch 8.50 21.00 80.00 
ee ae ye 18-24 inch 10.00 24.00 90.00 
100 
Norway Poplar =... 2-3 ft. $ 7.00 
Norway Poplar ee... 3-4 ft. 9.00 
, VEGETABLES! 
