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Show PLANNING THE HOME The evergreens, compared to any other trees that grow, have many MrMnre advantages. Of course, fur forming a screen to 'M''.f i'nsightly buildings and to afford af-ford privacy from the sireet or from neighboring places, no other trees t-nn beg a to compuro with the evergreens. ever-greens. Aside front their man.' particular par-ticular advantages, they serve as a orint of accent in any scheme of our planting, which may be used In make the home si ? more beautiful. lven so few as a half-dozen planted with good taste may completely transform the appearance of the place. Among the many special purpose? for which evergreens may b.. used, the the planting of sine'o spec mens for ornament; the planting of hedge-either hedge-either for privacy or to serve as a shelter to the grounds from cold winds in winter: foundation v!'-ing" v!'-ing" si round the bse of hn-.-.r-and for screens nf various sorts As single specimens, no other trees are quite ?o effective. Almost any of the evergreens lend themselves to this purpose, but particularly gooil are the various firs and spruces. Among Am-ong these. Nordman's Fir and Roster's Rost-er's Blue Spruce are particularlv good. The Nordman's Fir is particularly particu-larly hardy and so dense growinc 'hat even its natural growth g'ves tp effect of having been pruned or shear ed. Roster's Blue Spruce is one of the best known of all ornamental trees Its characteristic, plensing-Mue plensing-Mue color makes it stand out distinct H- in any position and at the same Hrne its color harmonizes with the "oliage of other evergreens and ornamental orna-mental trees. One or two specimens of this variety may be used with advantage ad-vantage in almost any' landscape Grouping. The Pines also make excellent specimen spe-cimen trees. The best known of these ;s th ordinary White Pine , but in sections where there is danger of the "blister rust" one of the other pines should be used in its place. The Cedars are particularly effect-!ve effect-!ve as single specimens.' where a slender columnar effect is wanted In the landscape or to harmonize with the architecture of the house. One 'of the finest of all evergreens for hedges or windbreaks is the Hemlock. Hem-lock. This may be planted close and sheared to any form desired or a most naturalistic and graceful hedge; may be had by planting the trees at some distance apart so that they will touch as they grow. Arbor "Vitae is also largely used; for hedges and windbreaks, and is excellent excel-lent for this purpose because of its 'hardiness, long life and the exceedingly exceed-ingly dense growth which it makes. For foundation planting, of course, 'he tall, growing evergreens are ou-iec.tinoa.hle ou-iec.tinoa.hle because, after a few years they either must be cut back, which spoils their natural beauty or else will grow out of all proportion for the purpose for which they are being used. For foundation planting, select some of the dwarf variet'es such as the Mugho Pine which has already been mentioned, or the dwarf or the spreading Cypresses and Yews For screens practically any of the evergreens may be used. The variety to be selected will depend on the conditions con-ditions to be met how tall the screen may be wanted, whether dense enough to serve as a windbreak or merely to screen the view etc. The TTomlocks and Pines, most varieties j of which are rapid growing, are particularly par-ticularly good for this purpose, as they keep their branches down close to the ground,. In former years before modern methods of packing and shipping were in general use. the season during dur-ing which evergreens could be successfully suc-cessfully st out was very much more limited than it is at present. With the "P & B." or ball and burlap system sys-tem of shipping, transplanting can be successfully done until well into the summer and throughout the fall. This makes it possible to enjoy the advantages of evergreens the first season after tho new house or bungalow bunga-low is finished; or when the rush of spring planting is over on the farm. Another thing which has helped greatly in the planting of evergreens of all kinds is the advanced method of delivering by auto truck direct from the nursery to your grounds. Trees of any size are now generally handled n this way and in many cases are out of the ground for only a few hours between being dug at the nursery and being planted on your place. In planting evergreens, as with most things, care should he taken In preparing the holes in which they arc to be set. They should be made large enough, and good soil, well pulverized pulver-ized should be packed firmly about the roots as the trees are put in If the soil is so dry that watering is necessary, it should be applied when the hole is about half filled up and not nourrd on the surface iirter the plart iif. A . |