. Descriptive catalogue : trees, shrubs and plants. Nursery stock, New York (State), New York, Catalogs; Trees, Seedlings, Catalogs; Shrubs, Catalogs; Flowers, Catalogs; Fruit, Catalogs. FLUSHING, NEW YORK 29 EVERGREENS It is much to be regretted that the planting of evergreens is so much neglected. They aid materially in giving color to the landscape in winter ; are useful for mak- ing windbreaks and hedges, and especially for screening unsightly objects from view; and there is, by judicious selection, a fine opportunity to afford pleasing con- trasts of color and habit. They are more difficu
. Descriptive catalogue : trees, shrubs and plants. Nursery stock, New York (State), New York, Catalogs; Trees, Seedlings, Catalogs; Shrubs, Catalogs; Flowers, Catalogs; Fruit, Catalogs. FLUSHING, NEW YORK 29 EVERGREENS It is much to be regretted that the planting of evergreens is so much neglected. They aid materially in giving color to the landscape in winter ; are useful for mak- ing windbreaks and hedges, and especially for screening unsightly objects from view; and there is, by judicious selection, a fine opportunity to afford pleasing con- trasts of color and habit. They are more difficult to transplant than deciduous trees ; must be carefully handled, upon no account permitting the roots to become dry. Use water abundantly and tramp the earth on the roots firmly. Figures in parenthesis indicate about the height of trees at maturity. Prices noted are for trees of the usual size. Larger and specimen plants at pro- portionate rates by agreement. ABIES. Spruce A. alba. White Spruce. (25 ft.) A medium-sized native tree; close, pyramidal growth; foli- age bluish gray. 75 cts. A. Alcockiana. Alcock's Spruce. (20 ft.) Of medium size; pyra- midal habit, with short leaves, dark green above, glaucous beneath. Rare and valuable. $ A. Douglasii. Douglas' Spruce. (50 ft.) A large, conical ever- green, with smooth bark and distinctly light green foliage. A valuable tree. $ A. Engelmanni. (20 ft.) From Colorado. Slow growth ; dense ; form regular; leaves on the under side of light blue color. Quite rare. $2. A. excelsa. Norway Spruce- (50 ft.) A well-known and widely distributed evergreen of rapid growth ; symmetrical form. Hardy everywhere. In- valuable for windbreaks and hedges. 50 cts. each, $4 per 10, $30 per 100. var. aurea, (20 ft.) A variety of more dwarf habit and dis- tinctly marked golden foliage distinct and charming. $1. var. Gregoriana. Gregory's Spruce. (4 ft.) Of dwarf, hemispherical form, dense habit, and dark green foliage. For cemeteries and small
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