GIRARD BROTHERS NURSERY, GENEVA, OHIO 5 
GROWING EVERGREENS FROM SEED 
SOWING EVERGREEN SEEDS 
Evergreen seeds should never be sown 
in greenhouses, hot beds, or cold frames, 
for they need more ventilation. Seed bed 
soil should be of sandy nature. If the soil 
is hard dig it up, and mix sand and peat 
with it so it will be loose and friable. Se- 
lect a level spot outdoors for a seed bed, 
where washing will not occur from rains. 
We give several methods of sowing. Two 
things cause loss of seedlings, damping off 
which is caused by fungi in the soil, and 
weeds. In a small way seeds are best 
sown in flats, the flats placed under lath 
shade in the seed bed outdoors. One 
packet of the finer seeds like Spruce will 
sow a flat. 
DIFFERENT METHODS OF SOWING 
To avoid damping off trouble sterilize 
the soil for the flats by cooking moist soil 
in an oven for 20 minutes. After flats are 
filled sow seed thinly, broadcast and just 
cover the depth of the seed with sterilized 
sand or peat. Larger seeds press down. 
If one is not fixed to sterilize so much soil, 
fill flat first 34 of depth with soil. Sterilize 
enough soil for the other “4 needed to fill 
the flat. Cover seeds as shown above. 
There may be a little damping off with 
this latter method; to help avoid this on 
cloudy days remove shade and sprinkle a 
little sterilized sand over the seedlings 
every few days. Don’t water every day, 
water thoroughly and let flats dry out a 
little. Damping off occurs more in moist 
sultry weather. 
WINTER CARE 
After ground freezes mulch with saw- 
dust, leaves, lawn clippings, marsh hay or 
peat. Evergreen boughs make nice cover. 
ORDERS: All seed orders are subject 
to previous sale. Delivery cannot be guar- 
anteed unless orders are placed promptly. 
PRICE: 25c per packet; 5 packets your 
choice $1.00. Each packet contains suffi- 
cient seed to produce 100 to 400 seedlings. 
Trade packets 75c each; 3 for $2. Trade 
packets contain sufficient seed to pro- 
duce 500 to 1000 seedlings or more depend- 
ing upon variety. All postpaid. 
Mixed Evergreen Seeds, made up from 
varieties listed, extra large packets 25c; 
3 packets 50c postpaid. 
EVERGREEN SEED LIST 
Abies (Fir) 
Abies Amabilis—White Fir 
Abies Balsamea—Balsam Fir 
Abies Concolor—Concolor Fir or 
Colorado Silver Fir 
Abies Grandis—Grand Fir 
Abies Fraseri—Fraser Fir 
Pseudotsuga Taxifolia Glauca—Hardy 
Douglas Fir 
Abies Homolepsia—Nikko Fir 
Abies Pinsepo Glauca—Blue Fir 
Abies Veichi—Veich Fir 
Juniperus (Juniper) 
Juniperus Platte—Platte River Juniper 
Juniperus Scopulorum—Silver Juniper 
Juniperus Virginiana—American Red 
Cedar 
Juniperus Horizontalis—Creeping 
Juniper 
Juniperus Chinensis—Chinese 
Pyramidal Juniper 
Juniperus Chinensis Japonica— 
Japanese Juniper 
Picea (Spruce) 
Picea Densata Glauca—Black Hill 
Spruce 
Picea Engelmanni Glauca—Englemann 
Spruce 
Picea Pungens—Colorado Blue Spruce 
Picea Mariana—Black Spruce 
Picea Sitchensis—Sitka Spruce 
Picea Glauca—White Spruce 
Picea Excelsa—Norway Spruce 
Pinus (Pines) 
Pinus Banksiana—Jack Pine 
Pinus Cembre—Swiss Stone Pine 
Pinus Densiflora—Jap Red Pine 
Pinus Jeffreyi—Jeffrey Pine 
Pinus Nigra—Austrian Pine 
Pinus Pinea—Italian Stone Pine 
Pinus Ponderosa—Western Yellow Pine 
Pinus Mugho—Mugho Pine 
Pinus Strobus—White Pine 
Pinus Sylvestris—Scotch Pine 
Thuja (Arborvitae) 
Thuja Occidentalis—American 
Arborvitae 
Thuja Occidentalis Wareana—Ware 
Arborvitae 
Thuja Orientalis Aurea—Gold 
Chinese Arborvitae 
Thuja Orientalis Pyramidal—Pyramidal 
Arborvitae 
Thuja Orientalis Nana—Dwarf 
Oriental Arborvitae 
Tsuga (Hemlock) 
Tsuga Canadensis—Canadian Hemlock 
Larix Europea—European Larch 
