Taxus Juniperus 
(Yew) (Juniper) 
Side -branch . 
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%, 2 Oe 
Tsuga 
(Hemlock) 
Abies 
(Fir) 
Evergreens are Easily Trained 
Chamaecyparis Thuja 
Pi Picea 
inus Ue (Jap. Cypress) (Arborvitae) 
(Pine) (Spruce) 
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 
A few minutes a year will keep them 
growing bushy and shapely. 
sketches show how. 
The above 
DWARF EVERGREENS 
Suitable for foundations 
Bushy Dwarfs Low, Spreading Dwarfs 
Chamaecyparis nana 
Juniperus Pfitzeri 
Juniperus Sabina 
Juniperus Meyeri 
Picea excelsa Maxwelli 
Picea excelsa nidiformis 
Picea excelsa pymaea 
Pinus Mughus 
Thuja occid. globosa 
Thuja, Little Gem 
Taxus Vermeulen 
Taxus media Kelseyi 
Juniperus horizontalis 
Jun. comm. depressa 
Taxus bacc. repandens 
Taxus cuspidata nana 
Tsuga Sargenti 
Narrow, Upright Dwarfs 
Jun. excelsa stricta 
Juniperus hibernica 
Picea canad. conica 
Taxus media Hicksi 
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 
be spaced three feet apart and rearranged 
at the end of 5 to 10 years. 
DELIVERY COSTS. Prices include packing 
only on small, bare-root sizes—NOT on 
sizes marked ‘B&B’. Boxing is usually 
about 10% of the price additional. Express 
on small sizes is low—but on plants (B&B) 
it is about 40%. 
of earth wrapped in burlap (“B&B”). 
necessary in smaller sizes 
EVERGREENS hoor 
always 
at the Surface. 
Never at 
the Roots. 
Cut Burlap and 
around Ball push it down. 
Tramp firmly. Leave it to decay. 
3 Then water and fill in 
remaining soil. 
Pack loose soil 
NOTE: Water is needed more by ever- 
greens than by other plants. Keep 
moist before and ofter planting. 
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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 
year. Today (12 years 
later) my trees are 
larger than his!” 
Here are some aver- 
age rates of growth 
(inches per year):* 
Abies concolor 9 
Juniper Pfitzer 1S) 
—Sargent 10 
—virginiana 1] 
Picea glauca 1 
— —conica 2 
—excelsa 13 
—pungens 1] 
Pinus cembra 6 
—mughus Hi 
—nigra 1] 
—sylvestris 1S 
Pseudotsuga 
Taxus cuspidata 1] 
—Hicksi 2 
—Kelsey 8 
Thuja occidentalis 11 
Tsuga canadensis 12 
‘Small transplants grow 
at 1/, this rate the first 
two years. 
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