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NURSERY 
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, $6.50; 18-24 
inch, $8.00. 
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. 12-15 inch, $6.00; 18-24 inch, $8.00.’ 
UPRIGHT YEW— 
The upright, pyramidal form of this var- 
iety. A compact Yew of dark green foliage, 
that does best if grown where it is not ex- 
posed to full sunlight. 12-15 inch, $5.00. 
CARE OF EVERGREENS 
There is nothing that adds so much to the 
beauty of the city home or farm as a plant- 
ing 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 cov- 
ered 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 ever- 
green 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 juice, the ever- 
greens will have a grayish cast, or you 
can easily tell if they are present by hold- 
ing 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. 
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 satisfac- 
tory 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 
year’s 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 shear- 
ed 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, prob- 
ably the best time being the latter part of 
July. 
Perennial Phlox 
Field grown plants, 40c each; 
12 for $4.00 
SUBULATA (CREEPING PHLOX)— 
Blooms in May, when whole plant is a 
vivid mass of lavender-pink. Very bushy. 
AFRICA— 
Brilliant carmine-red with a deep blood- 
red eye. 
RIJNSTROOM— 
Lively shade of rose-pink, very large. 
R. P. STRUTHERS— 
Tall. A bright rosy carmine with claret 
eye. 
PAINTED LADY— 
Soft, silvery shaded salmon, bright-red 
eye. Large individual flowers. Free flower- 
ing. 
MARY LOUISE— 
A good grower of medium height with 
clean foliage. Produces pure glistening 
snow-white heads of unusually large size, 
the individual flowers being twice as large 
as other white varieties. 
STARLIGHT— 
A comparatively new Phlox. Deep violet 
fading to lilac, with a large, star-shaped 
white center. A good tall Phlox. 
BRIDESMAID— 
White with crimson eye. 
ENCHANTRESS—— 
Bright salmon pink. Dark eye. 
SALMON GLOW-—— 
Large florets of deep salmon. 
