Evergreen trees produce an effect in ornamental planting not to be obtained in any other way. It is inexpressible how much they add to the beauty and comfort of a country residence at all seasons of the year, particularly in the winter months, when other trees are stripped of their foliage. The advantages resulting from the planting of Evergreens are many and a most beautiful effect may be obtained by the judicious arrangement of varieties of different colors that will harmonize with the deciduous and flowering trees and shrubs you may have planted on your place. No one can help admiring the cheerful and comfortable appearance of the homes of those who have improved their grounds with the planting of Evergreens. In no other tree is so great care required in digging and transplanting as in the Evergreen The great loss of so many Conifers is caused by exposing the roots to the sun and wind at times of removal and setting. Great care should be exercised in these matters if we expect good results. Evergreens require to be handled and planted very carefully as they are extremely sensitive to injury by drying; their roots should never get dry while out of the ground.

* Picea Excelsa (Norway Spruce)

-- A popular variety. Makes a very dense, compact hedge. Very desirable for a firm hedge to take the place of a fence; it can also be used as a specimen tree on the lawn.

* Picea Alaba Aurea Variegata (Golden Variegated Spruce.)

-- Medium growth, very handsome as a specimen tree, the foliage giving a singularly soft beautiful effect.

* Picea Pungens (Colorado Blue Spruce)

-- One of the hardiest and beautiful of all the spruces, and is rapidly taking a prominent place among the evergreens. It is of compact habit, with an abundance of foliage of a very handsome bluish tint; retaining its handsome color throughout the entire year. Very valuable for grouping purposes and should have a prominent place on every lawn. Without doubt the choicest of all evergreen species. We can with the aid of this very handsome tree attain many beautiful effects on the home ground. It is perfectly hardy and a rapid grower, unlike many other evergreens it is an ornament when quite young and small.

* Picea Elata (Elata Spruce).

-- Strong growth, throwing out and upward long branches in a wide spreading grotesque form. A singular and picturesque variety.

* Picea Orientalis (Oriental Spruce).

-- Slow growth but tall, compact, straight and spiral, with deep shadows; dark, small shining green foliage. Very hardy. One of the finest of all evergreens.

* Picea Alba (White Spruce)

-- Compact pyramidal form, of greater symmetry than that of the Norway Spruce. Very hardy.

* Picea Canadensis (Hemlock Spruce)

-- Very fine, graceful and ornamental, with fine smooth, rich foliage, making a beautiful hedge; it is especially graceful.

* Abies Balsamea (Balsam Fir)

-- A very erect, regular pyramidal tree, with dark green, sombre foliage. Grows rapidly and is very hardy.

* Abies Nordmanniana (Nordmann's Silver Fir)

-- This majestic Fir, from the Crimean mountains, is of symmetrical form, vigorous and quite hardy. Its foliage is massive, dark green, shining above and slightly glaucous beneath, rendering it a very handsome tree throughout the year. Considered here and in Europe as one of the finest of the Silver Leaved varieties.

* Abies Pichta (Pitch Silver Fir)

-- From the mountains of Siberia. A medium sized tree, of compact, conical growth, with dark green foliage. Fine and hardy.

* Pinus Ponderoso (Heavy Wooded Pine).

-- This is also a noble tree, found abundantly on the northwest coast of America and California. It is perfectly hardy here. It is a rapid grower, the leaves 8 to 10 inches in length, and of a silvery green color.

* Pinus, Austriaca (Austrian Pine)

-- A very remarkably robust, hardy, spreading tree; leaves long, stiff and dark green; growth rapid; valuable for this country.

* Pinus Strobus (White Pine).

-- The most ornamental of all our native pines. Foliage light, delicate and silvery green. Flourishes in poorest of soils; valuable for grouping or as a specimen tree.

* Pinus Helvetica (Swiss Stone).

-- A large growing variety of the preceding, hardy and effective in landscape work.

* Pinus Cembra

-- Perfectly erect and regularly branched from the ground to the top. Thick dark green foliage.

* Pinus Sylvestris (Scotch Pine).

-- A fine, robust, rapid growing tree, with stout, erect shoots and silvery green foliage.

* Taxus Adpressa (Short Leaved Yew)

-- Japan. Low, spreading, bushy form, small, dark green shining leaves, branches numerous and densely covered with foliage. Hardy and very choice.

* Taxus Baccata (Common European Yew).

-- Large bush or tree, slow growing, with short stem and very bushy head; densely branched; thickly covered with drooping, sombre green leaves. Suitable for clipping into artificial forms. Sometimes browned in Winter.

* Taxus Elegantissima (Elegant Yew).

-- Light straw color, especially in June; more of a dark green toward Fall; browns sometimes in Winter, but scarcely ever kills. Very rich and effective in color.

* Taxus Aurea (Golden Yew)

-- Of a rich Golden hue. Its color in June is unsurpassed by any variegated form among evergreens.

* Abies Inverta (Weeping Norway Spruce)

-- The foliage is larger and brighter than that of the species, the lateral branches as drooping as a Willows; as a specimen tree it is always odd and interesting.

* Thuya, Occidentalis (American Arbor Vitae)

-- One of the most desirable evergreen hedge plants, of every attractive appearance. Although a fast grower, it can be kept trimmed to any desired height.