Show HARDY ORNAMENTAL EVER EVERGREENS EVERGREENS i GREENS 6 11 E E N S1 Tho Tiso eastern Hemlock spruce says nays the New York Yorker I er is III otto ono ot of the tho most desirable hardy evergreens for tor ornamental plantings In groups hedge lInes linen or ns as lawn sped metis mens Young trees tres arc 10 always grace graceful ful CuI Cu In its outline while tho the rich Ilch green to fo foliage lIngo liage is unchanged by b the sharpest frost trost At Al all times loses pleasIng It Is 18 par attractive in June Junc when the now new leaf growth blossoms out In iii palo pale and lovely I Oe I contrast to tho the older ohler foil Coli age Hemlocks should bo be seen about every formers Cartner home as nil tho the world of ot offers offers fers nothing more satisfying In tho the way wa of ot evergreen n effect when considered through tho the varying phases of oC the tho sea soa sons eons Not to Transplant Hemlocks are not particularly difficult to trans transplant transplant plant It care caro Is II taken to o keep the roots roote moist from the moment they are ox posed In digging until replanted planted r The resinous sap of or coniferous trees does loea not regain iti normal character after otter partial evaporation no matter how much water IH Is afterward supplied and tho the main secret of ot successfully moving conifers Is to avoid even een partial drying of the roots while they the aro out of ot the tho ground Careful nurserymen so manage manago I the and packing of ot evergreens that they th usually reach tha tho ho purchaser In III good and It If at once planted In iii fresh freeh dug Ilu Ml deli they are aro quite likely like to dart ort oft well 11 Hemlock trees of oC fair Izo to hm I five fio feet feel cost from 60 cwt cents to S1 i each but seed aecil seedlings 8 N lings hInge sit c J to eight fht Inches high may mn ho bo had as All low ns an 2 per With cure care careful till ful treatment they the will make vigorous hut trots trees for fo hedging or door planting In 11 ham or four years This seems IlKo Ilka a n long wait hilt but the tho do of Ir feathery feather gems genIe of Cot Iho tho after the tho first year Is quite In May 10 In iii return for tor n it remit remittance tance tanco of ot l I r estern tern r mailed the lie Rural Jc CO tiny hemlocks They came catro well veil peeked In damp moss and oiled paper The rho roots were nt at 1 1 ones once In iii n a thin mud of if clay and water anti and thu th plants laid away on n a cool moist cellar bottom until evening cov covered CO ered with wet WN burlap 1 After ACter sunset a mi freshly dup dug In tha the garden the thi Ih h again also dibble th d In the lie moist molet soil coil 10 to Inches Inch fir art In its tlc the row ross taking core cara the slender rocs coos wern were not curled CitrIN but Jut ex etc extended I tended down lown their full tull length Thoy They well Into place and tho the 1 surface with ti t rake Th This weather became very ivory ry dry ar after aCtor plant plantIng log InK RO no wo we thought best beet to water tho ho plants every week applying to tho tile soil well As AI noon floon as liS astha the tha new growth appeared In Juno June wa wn watering wan d and ordinary clean culture fUI throughout tho the ten rca tenon flail coil on cv eory eHry ry plant started but Lut a afew atess few tess perished later Inter A count In October showed hoc ll 41 thi if ty plants many Ing hut branches Little evergreens ore are al nl alwayn ways wayn much by mulches and protection itt but we wanted santed a rL tiNt tent of ot their hardiness under ex rewire tO and left them entirely un uncovered Uncovered covered were heaved by frost the lie soil noil being quite heavy and others other broken by hy careless rabbit hunters At t t tho lie beginning of It summer tho the present year 36 plants wore found In good Rood con condition condition These have hl made maite a R VIgorous growth some Homo reaching 15 incites Inches In height with many plumy branches have havo probably foothold to stand any IIII amount of at freezing weather Thoy They are arc Ir now worth many times their cost co t and will soon toon bo bl ready rendy fop fol fo planting According to late Into researches re the ho Hemlock spruce Is III not to appropriate sufficient nourish from front tho the soil noil to maintain Itself lt In iii vigor but bUI Is In s greatly dependent un on u IL symbiotic fungus that accompanies tho the roots rootH growing Into their tissues In absorption Q of oC thin tha need needed needed ed r food materials Evidently I sufficient of or this Is II usually secured In carefully transplanted to keep up lip tho the action but it may bo lie conceived that Illat trees carelessly ear dug dUI from Crom tho lie woods with tow few fibrous rood roote retailed arc not likely to grow itch Villi itchon on account nf or the lie nb enco of or tha tho tim fun fungus guts gus and ald that seeds KOWM III In pd Oil sol soil succeed Growing cool coni lore fers from coin seed Is III quite nn an exacting oc oe rind and only In a properly equip veil ped nursery lUll are ho tho specIal require requirements ments likely like to tia a be bo found found Many other othor varieties of ot Including rare spruces firs fire and limos may Inn In be b had III In one nile or seedlings nt at even oon cheaper rates thou than hemlocks and may bo lie handled In the tho he same canto manner maimer grow gross hour ing In to good lOll SIze III In much Ic less tsa s time There tire aro several species 11 cles of oC Hem Item lorI lock spruce natives of DC the far west t Japan and otto thin tha southern states All Allore Allore ore nod desirable but ut not so reliably hardy nn an our common custom Ip A number of or highly tal tol garden Korden varieties havo have been heen devel orM nw nit I I It lt U le quite Culto given to bud sports anti on l seed sect d variation They vary nr widely In habit nod size and coloration of ot foil Coli age They propagated tel by y or Inarching nut nr always Ono coO of ot tho tim best Iest Is s Weeping hemlock growing In compact form with gracefully drooping branches Many think It the thie most beautiful of at all Inn eves greens green Trees two feet high cost abo absil H U each ench and limIt tiN are always scarce Ont Onu I established a II specimen will If It gIve room Increase In lit value and attractive ness nels for Cor a ii lifetime lifetimeS S |