MONROE, MICHIGAN 
[21]. 
Born 1850 and Still Growing 

Greening4 BROADLEAF EVERGREENS 
To provide flowers in season, color year ’round, delightful and colorful contrast to other ornamental stock in hedges, 
borders and foundation plantings, Broadleaf Evergreens are great favorites. Many of the plants prefer shade, well 
protected locations and acid soils. 
Note—Whete it is desired to plant material which requires acid soils and the soil in the location is not of this nature, 
it can be treated to create an acid condition. Information will be furnished on request. 
EVERGREEN SHRUBS 
BUXUS sempervirens (Common Box or Box- 
wood). Perhaps the most valuable of broad- 
leaf evergreens. Grows in ordinary soils but 
new plants should be shaded from the sun 
Winter and Summer until established. In 
severe cold weather should be protected. Dense 
in growth and easily formed for formal 
planting. 
COTONEASTER horizontalis (Rock Coton- 
easter). Small shrub with flat spray-like 
leaves. Horizontal branches cover ground 
around base. Pinkish-white flowers followed 
in Fall by bright red fruit. Dark green small 
leaves hold to branches all Winter turning 
crimson in Fall. 
DAPHNE cneorum (Rose Daphne or Garland- 
flower). Low shrub growing not more than 
8S to 10 in. high to 24 in. across. Bears numer- 
ous clusters of fragrant, pink flowers in Spring 
and Fall. Leaves remain green throughout » 
Winter. Should be protected during Winter. 
Requires slightly acid soil. 





SET TREE IN HOLE 
TRIFLE LOWER THAN 
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LOOSEN BURLAP 
AT TOP OF BALL AND 


BALL. PACK FIRMLY 
WITH FEET OR SET- 
TLE BY FILLING HOLE. 
WITH WATER FILL HOLE WITH SOIL. FACK FIRMLY 
AND LEAVE TOP OF GROUND COVERED WITH LOOSE 
EARTH, OR BETTER MULCH WITH STRAWY WELL ROT- 
TEO MANURE 

The Rose Daphne or Garland Flower 
MAHONIA aquifolium (Oregon Hollygrape). Handsome, low growing 
shrub for border or foundation planting. Attractive, Holly-like leaves ar- 
ranged in feather fashion, taking on bronze tone in Fall. Flowers yellow in 
dense, erect 3-in. racemes or panicles. Fruit a small bluish berry. Blos- 
soms April and May. Should be planted in sheltered positions in moist 
soil slightly acid. ’ 
EVERGREEN VINES 
EUONYMUS radicans (Wintercreeper). The finest of all the cultured spe- 
cies of evergreen climbing vines. Greenish white flowers. Small leaves 
of dull green. Does well in sun or partial shade or in any good soil. Fruit 
pale pink. 
SPECIAL NOTICE 
Water Evergreens thoroughly during dry weather. 
Put on sufficient water so it soaks into the roots. 
EUONYMUS radicans vegetus (Bigleaf Wintercreeper). A hardier vari- 
ety thus more desirable for a low spreading bush, tight hedge or high 
climber for wall. Large leaves of dull green. Handsome fruit. 
Planting and Care of Evergreens 
Greenings culture of evergreens assures you of properly grown 
plants to make transplanting safe. Soil conditions are such that 
secure balls of earth can be obtained in the digging of each 
plant. Numerous transplantings are made in Greenings growth 
of evergreens to complete a compact and. bushy root system. 
Thus when balled with earth, the maximum root develop- 
ment is retained and is transplanted with a minimum of 
disturbance. 
A hole considerably larger than the burlap ball is dug to plant 
an evergreen tree without removing the burlap covering. The 
plant should be set just about the previous level, then the burlap 
unfastened, cut away and laid back from the top. The rest will 
rot in the earth. The balance of the hole should be filled with 
good top soil watering at the same time so as to settle the soil 
in and around fibrous roots. 
Spread an inch or so of loose, dry earth or peat moss on top to 
prevent drying out. See that there is a slight depression rather 

than a mound about the plant which will hold water instead 
of shedding it. 
Water thoroughly daily if necessary until the plant is well 
established. Drying out of newly planted evergreens is a com- 
mon cause of loss. 
Manure is the best fertilizer for evergreens and should be dug 
into the soil and the area well watered or it may be applied in 
solution. Driving a hole at 2-ft. intervals, down to the roots 
for the application of fertilizing solution is good practice. 
The Red Spider is the most common insect which attacks ever- 
greens. If needles seem to be mottled brown or gray, covered 
with fine web, indicates the presence of this pest. Trees should 
be sprayed early in the season before growth starts with a mis- 
cible oil or an oil emulsion diluted according to manufacturers’ 
directions. After growth starts, syringe forcibly with a hose, 
dust with sulphur on warm days or spray with lime sulphur 
Summer strength or with Rotenone compound. 
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