
Taxus ; Juniperus Tsuga Abies Pinus Picea Chamaecyparis Thuja 
| (Yew) (Juniper) (Hemlock) (Fir) (Pine) (Spruce) (Jap. Cypress) (Arborvitae) 
EVERGREENS 
AN EVERGREEN has leaves all winter—ready to 
do their work 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 no longer than 
two or three minutes. This is 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 after planting. For the two above 
reasons, larger evergreens are shipped with a ball 
of earth wrapped in burlap (“B&B”). This 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 
(unlike deciduous plants). Transplanting is there- 
fore done later in spring, and much earlier in 
autumn than other trees and shrubs. 
EVERGREENS for EVERGREENS 
GROW FAST 
Large evergreens fre- 
quently are stunted by 
the shock of transplant- 
ing. One customer 
writes: “My neighbor 
paid $30 apiece for 12- 
foot specimen Red Pine; 
I bought 18-inch XX (no 
earth ball) the same 





Evergreens are Easily Trained 


A few minutes a year will keep 1 fee, 
them growing bushy and shapely. The until used. 
above sketches show how. 
SPACING EVERGREENS. Evergreens are 
so very long-lived that what is correct in 
youth is crowded after 25 years. Generally 
speaking, plants from 12 to 36 inches should SES nee tatee sacha ma 
be spaced three feet apart and rearranged PLANTING .WITH A BALL larger than his!” 







at the end of 5 to 10 years. Here are some aver- 
pny, Mantre age rates of growth 
4 Seated always (inches per year):* 
DELIVERY COSTS. Prices include packing 5 mA ete sioce Abies concolor — @ 
ie et ever a i fi 
only on small, bare-root sizes—NOT on the Roots. eee i 
sizes marked ‘B&B’. Boxing is usually —virginiana 1] 
about 10% of the price additional. Express pret ieee e 
on small sizes is low—but on plants (B&B) —excelsa 13 
aoa 2 ; : : —pungens 1] 
it is about 40%. We will estimate cost in Dinner eees F 
advance if you wish. —mughus 7 
—nigra 1] 
: 42). —sylvestris 1S 
TRUE DWARF EVERGREENS Pack loose soil Cut Burlap and Pseudotsuga 
around Ball push it down. Taxus cuspidata 1] 
P : i. busy pees Tramp firmly. Leave it to decay. —Hicksi 12 
Low, Spreading arrow, Upright ushy, Dwarf aoe —Kelse 8 
Jun. comm. depressaJun. excelsa stricta Chamaecyparis nana 3 Then water a nd fill ue Thui - id li 1] 
Juni fiver remaining soil. uja occidentalis 
luaus repandens Juniperus hibernica }UMIPeTus Fiitzeri Tsuga canadensi 12 
ree : ._ Juniperus Meyeri sug ensis 
laxus cusp, nana Piceacanad. conica piceg entrails Small i 
Tsuga Sargenti Taxus stricta Thuja occid. globosa NOTE: Water is needed more by ever- ee transp ants grow 
Pinus Mughus Taxus media Hicksi Taxus Vermeulen greens than by other plants. Keep at }/2 this rate the first 
Thuja Little Gem Thuja pyramidal Taxus media Kelseyi moist before and after planting. two years. 
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