
1 Keep Large evergreens _ fre- 
covered quently are stunted by the 
until used. 


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TAXUS JUNIPERUS TSUGA ABIES PINUS PICEA CHAMAECYPARIS THUJA 
(Yew) (Juniper) (Hemlock) (Fir) (Pine) (Spruce) (Jap. Cypress) (Arborvitae) 
CON iFe ROU S$ Repairing Broken Leader 
ra Ll) EVERGREENS 
N EVERGREEN has leaves all winter—ready to do their work 
A if the day chances to be warm enough. For this reason extra 
water must be given all newly-planted evergreens. Twice a week for 
a month. Evergreen roots contain resinous sap which hardens after 
exposure to the air for longer than two or three minutes. This 1s 
ample time to plant and firm a small evergreen, but it should be left 
in its moist packing until the moment of planting and watered soon <f Stake 
: » side -branch & Tie 
A chosen. 4 = ae 
le 

after planting. For the two above reasons, larger evergreens are 
shipped with a ball of earth wrapped in burlap (@ B& By.) ay his -is 
not necessary in smaller sizes if simple precautions are taken as above. 
Since the leaves are always ready to function, evergreens have no 
thoroughly dormant season. Transplanting is therefore done later 
in spring, and much earlier in autumn than other trees and shrubs. 

No soil or exposure but suits some coniferous evergreen. Dense  growina bushy and shapely. 
shade and dampness will grow Hemlock and strong, baking sun on aoe sketches show how. 
light, dry soil will grow Juntpers. EY. ay 
Z TRANSPLANTED 
EVERGREENS cor Evergreens Grow Fast 








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 lat- 
er) my trees are larger 
than his!” 
3 i Water. 
BIS 


PLANTING WITH A BALL Here are some average Babyhood, 1st to 4th year 
Sy iionure rates of growth (inches 
always per year):* 
at the Surface. : 
Set Never at Abies concolor As) << 
the Roots. Juniper Pfitzer 15 6 
year XX 
—Sargent 10 id 48) 
—virginiana 11 z to 
Picea glauca 12 a 
=—conica 2 st i 
—excelsa 13 THE LIFE OF AN EVER- 
—pungens 1] GREEN TOLD IN PHOTO- 
Pinus cembra 6 GRAPHS. 
—mughus 7 The species used for these 
1). se Gane it pictures is TAXUS capt- 
—sylvestris tata — The Upright or 
Pach Tngsal Cldtropand = seudotsuga ete Pave be 
Tramp firmly. Leave it to decay. Taxus cuspidata 1] described and priced on 
3 Then water and fill in ae mr page 16. Other kinds of 
remaining soil. —Kelsey ; evergreens go through the 
Thuja occidentalis 11 same stages except cuttings 
NOTE: Water is needed more by ever- Tsuga canadensis 12 and grafts. 
greens than by other plants. Keep moist * Small transplants grow at WE 
before and after planting. this rate, the first two years. 
9 year XXX (18 to 24 in.) 
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Evergreens are Easily Trained 
A few minutes a year will keep them 
The 


