Taxus Juniperus Te Abies 
(Yew) (Juniper) (Hemlock) (Fir) 
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EVERGR 
Pinus Picea 
(Pine) (Spruce) 
Chamaecyparis Thuja 
(Jap. Cypress) 
(Arborvitae) 
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 ever- 
green, but it should be left in its moist packing until the moment 
Evergreens are Easily Trained 
A few minutes a year will keep them grow- 
ing bushy and shapely. The above sketches 
show how. 
DWARF EVERGREENS 
Suitable for foundations 
Bushy Dwarfs Low, Spreading Dwarfs 
Chamaecyparis nana 
Juniperus Pfitzeri 
Juniperus Sabina 
Juniperus Meyeri 
Picea excelsa Maxwelli 
Picea excelsa nidiformiy 
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. On sizes 
marked “B&B,” boxing is usually about 
10% of the price additional. Express on 
small sizes is low (10 to 15%)—but on 
plants B&B it is about 30 to 40%. 
EVERGREENS for 
Manure 
a S 
at the attacel 
Never at 
the Roots. 
C Cut Burlap and 
around Ball push it down. 
Tramp firmly. Leave it to decay. 
3 Then water and ae in 
remaining soil. 
k loose soil 
NOTE: Water is needed more by ever- 
greens than by other plants. Keep 
moist before and after planting. 
of planting and watered soon after planting. For the two above 
reasons, larger evergreens are shipped with a ball of earth 
wrapped in burlap (“B&B”). This is net necessary in smaller sizes. 
EVERGREENS 
GROW FAST 
Large evergreens frequently 
are stunted by the shock of 
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)-* 
Abies concolor 9 
Juniper Pfitzer 15 
—Sargent 10 
—virginiana 11 
Picea glauca 12 
— —conica 2 
—excelsa 13 
—pungens 11 
Pinus cembra 6 
—mughus 7 
—nigra 11 
—sylvestris 15 
Pseudotsuga 
Taxus cuspidata ll 
—Hicksi 12 
—Kelsey 8 
Thuja occidentalis ll 
Tsuga canadensis 12 
*Small transplants grow at 
Y% this rate the first two 
years. 
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