Taxus 
(Yew) 
Abies 
(Fir) 
ine 
(Hemlock) 
Juniperus 
(Juniper) 
Picea 
(Spruce) 
Chamaecyparis 
(Jap. Cypress) 
Thuja 
(Arborvitae) 
EVERGREENS 
— Repairing Broken Leader 
7 One -branch 
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chosen. 
Evergreens are Easily Trained 
A few minutes a year will keep them grow- 
AN EVERGREEN has leaves all winter, ready to do their work 
For this 
extra water must be given all newly-planted evergreens. Twice 
if the day chances to be warm enough. reason 
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 ever- 
green, 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 
ing bushy and shapely. The above sketches 
show how. 
DWARF EVERGREENS 
Suitable for foundations 
Bushy Dwarfs Low, Spreading Dwarfs 
Juniperus horizontalis 
Jun. comm. depressa 
Taxus bacc. repandens 
Taxus cuspidata nana 
Tsuga Sargenti 
Chamaecyparis nana 
Juniperus Pfitzeri 
Juniperus Sabina 
Juniperus Meyeri 
Picea excelsa Maxwelli 
Picea excelsa nidiformis 
Picea excelsa pymaea 
Pinus Mughus Narrow, Upright Dwarfs 
wrapped in burlap (“B&B”). This is not necessary in smaller sizes. 
EVERGREENS for EVERGREENS 
1 Keep 2 Work loose soil GROW FAST 
covered “. OF Large evergreens frequently 
until used. are stunted by the shock of 
3 Water. transplanting. One customer 
writes: ‘‘My neighbor paid 
$30 apiece for 12-foot speci- 
men Red Pine; | bought 18- 
inch XX (no earth ball) the 
same year. Today (12 years 
later) my trees are larger 
than his!” 
Here are some average rates 
of growth (inches per year)-* 
Thuja occid. globosa Jun. excelsa stricta Abies concolor 9 
Thuja, Little Gem Juniperus hibernica Mantte Juniper Pfitzer 15 
Taxus Vermeulen Picea canad. conica always —Sargent 10 
Taxus media Kelseyi Taxus media Hicksi fat he Surface —virginiana ll 
the Roots. Picea glauca 12 
SPACING EVERGREENS. Evergreens are — —conica 2 
so very long-lived that what is correct in —excelsa 13 
youth is crowded after 25 years. Generally Frat. 
speaking, plants from 12 to 36 inches —mughus 7 
should be spaced three feet apart and —nigra ll 
rearranged at the end of 5 to 10 years. —sylvestris 15 
‘ oy Are hee Pseudotsuga 
Pack loose soil a NGy nd . 
DELIVERY COSTS. Prices include packing around Ball ut rapa Taxus cuspidata ll 
: P Tramp firmly. Leave it to decay. —Hicksi 12 
only on small, bare-root sizes. On sizes K 
ked “B&B,” boxi ; i : 3 Then water and fillin xt elsey 8 
marke 2 oxing Is usually about remaining soil. Thuja occidentalis 11 
10% of the price additional. Express on Tsuga canadensis 12 
small sizes is low (10 to 15%)—but on 
plants B&B it is about 30 to 40%. 
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NOTE: Water is needed more by ever- 
greens than by other plants. Keep 
moist before and after planting. 
*Small transplants grow at 
Y this rate the first two 
years. 
