NURSERY 
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These yews are well adapted to this north exposure and as they are 
slow growing will not get too large very soon. 
YEW 
DWARF YEW— 
A hardy dwarf, slow-growing evergreen. 
Foliage is very heavy and of a waxy, shiny 
green color. Will thrive in dense shade, 12-15 
inch, $5.00; 15-18 inch, $7.00. 
SPREADING YEW— 
Usually grows about as tall as broad and 
does best if grown where it is not exposed 
to full sunlight. Foliage is dark, shiny green. 
15-18 inch, $6.00; 18-24 inch, $8.00; 2-3 
ft., $11.00. 
SHEARING EVERGREENS 
Evergreens planted on the lawn can usually 
be allowed to grow about as they like, but 
those planted near the house must be properly 
sheared or they will not only get too large but 
will often become open and scraggy. This 
shearing is easy to do and most anyone can 
do it but it is very important that it be done at 
the proper time. The shearing will be much 
more satisfactory if done every year so it will 
not be necessary to cut anything except the pres- 
ent year’s growth. In cutting this new growth 
there should be at least an inch left on each 
twig as this will encourage the production of 
new buds from which next years growth will 
start. 
Shear Mugho Pine the first week in June, 
Spruces during the latter part of June. 
Junipers and Arborvitae may be sheared in 
early spring if they had not been sheared the 
summer before, to be followed by the usual 
summer shearing. The regular annual shearing 
of these varieties may be done any time from 
June through August, probably the best.-time 
being the latter part of July. 
CARE OF EVERGREENS 
There is nothing that adds so much to the 
beauty of the city home or farm as a planting 
of evergreens, but you cannot just plant them 
and let them shift for themselves. 
If a dormant tree or shrub is alive when 
you receive it from the nursery it is almost 
certain to live if carefully planted, but an 
evergreen is ‘different. It may be freshly dug 
and have plenty of roots but it is covered with 
foliage and must have plenty of water to replace 
that evaporated from the foliage. Of course 
everyone gives it plenty of water when planting 
but that is not enough. It is usually sufficient if 
it has a thorough soaking once a week during 
the first summer. 
Have a depression around each tree so that 
when you water it the water will not all run 
away but will soak down to where the roots are. 
Don’t omit a watering because there has 
been a shower—it takes a heavy rain to soak 
a foot into the ground. When an evergreen 
looks as if it is sick, it is already dead. 
Evergreen, especially Arbor Vitae, are very 
convenient “watering posts’ for dogs but all 
you need is to put some 16 inch wire fencing 
around them. But do it now and not after the 
damage is done. 
And there is the Red Spider which begins 
to work when it gets hot and dry. When 
they begin to suck the juce, the evergreens 
will have a grayish cast, or you can easily 
tell if they are present by holding a sheet of 
white paper under a twig and tapping the twig. 
The Red Spiders are almost invisible and look 
like specks of dust but are always moving. A 
dose of cold water will check them and some 
Dusting Sulphur will kill them. 
