4 GIRARD BROTHERS’ NURSERY, GENEVA, OHIO 
The Home Nursery 
It is always a wise gardener that will have a few rows of young trees and 
shrubs growing for future plantings. They know that this is the most reasonable 
method of keeping on hand some very fine specimens for later use. Do not wait until 
you need trees (large ones), save yourself from $2.00--$5.00 a tree by growing them 
yourself. You can also get the pleasure of watching these trees grow. 
It does not require much space to grow 100 or more trees and shrubs. Look 
over your grounds. Most of you will find a 12 x 12 ft. space that can be used for 
this purpose. A home nursery is easily planned. 
If you are planning on building a home within the next few years—plant now. 
If your present planting is getting too large and straggly—plant now, far replace- 
ments later. 
Grow Christmas Trees for Profit 
In many sections, one of the most profitable ways to utilize unprofitable 
ground is to establish a plantation of cultivated Christmas trees.. You can start by 
three methods: (1) growing trees from seed, (2) from seedlings, and (3) from trans- 
plants. The transplanted trees will advance your tree growths from 2 to 5 years. 
Cultivated trees command a better price than wild grown stock. There is a big de- 
mand in practically every city and town for nursery grown or cultivated Christmas 
trees. The trade is asking for them. Wild stock is brought in from such long dis- 
tances that the trees shed needles before they are set up. In the last few years 
there has been a great demand for live trees as these trees can serve two purposes: 
(1) for decorating during the holiday season and(2)later used for decorating lawns. 
Selling of Christmas trees can begin when trees are 12 to 15 inches in height. If 
trees are cultivated the first two years, returns begin within two or three 
years after the plantations are established. A spacing of 3 feet by 3 feet allows for 
5600 trees per acre. A planting of 4 feet by 4 feet allows 2720 trees per acre. 
The land should be plowed and prepared the same as for a field crop. Almost 
and soil of good texture will grow Conifers. Trees most suitable for this purpose 
are: Norway Spruce, White Spruce, Black Hill Spruce, Colorado Blue Spruce, Scotch 
Pine, Austrian Pine, American Red Pine, Balsam Fir and Douglas Fir. 
Evercreens for Reforestation 
Growing timber can be made an important source of farm revenues for idle 
land. Wjith the scarcity of lumber as it is today, it will take many years before a 
normal amount of lumber can be had. Our lumber supply is dangerously low; our 
government urges that we utilize land for growing timber, which is also profitable. 
But that is not all; reforestation is necessary to prevent floods and soil ero- 
sion. Timber is now being cut in greater quantities than ever before. A large 
quantity of our timber went to war. 
In some states, land planted to timber is tax free. Evergreen trees grow rap- 
idly and yield crops of timber sooner than most deciduous trees. 
The pines, in particular, take hold and thrive better than hard wood decid- 
uous trees and do well in poor, sandy soil. 
