30 MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BULLETIN 
Common Name| Botanical Name Habit | Color 
FOLIAGE 
Asparagus Asparagus Sprengeri Trailing | Green 
Dracaena Dracaena indivisa — Upright | Green 
Dracaena Dracaena terminalis Upright | Red 
English ivy Hedera helix Trailing | Green 
an ivy Senecio scandens Trailing Green 
Sword fern Nephrolepis exaltata __ | Upright | Green 
Whitmani fern | N. exaltata var. Whitmanii | Upright | Green 
Pandanus Pandanus Veitchii Upright Variegaves 
Vinca Vinca major Trailing bh ae 
Wandering Jew | Tradescantia zebrina Trailing | Variegat 
The great range of available plants makes it impossible 
to indicate exactly what the es and combinations 
in a case should be, but the following examples are sug- 
gested : 
SUNNY LOCATION: SHADY LOCATION: 
1. Vinca major—tront. 1. Asparagus Sprengeri—front. 
Petunia—filler. Dracaena terminalis—points. 
Ageratum—filler. Boston fern—filler. 
Vinca rosea—points. 
2. English ivy—front. 2. English ivy—front. 
Asparagus Sprengeri—front. Coleus—filler. 
Geranium—filler. Boston fern—filler. 
Lantana—filler. Pandanus Veitchii—points. 
Hibiseus—points, : 
3. Wandering Jew—front. 3. German ivy—front. — 
Asparagus Sprengeri—tfront. Asparagus Sprengeri—front. 
Verbena—filler. Hibiscus—points. 
Petunia—filler, Whitmani fern—filler. 
Marigold—filler. Croton—filler. 
Croton—filler. 
The accompanying illustrations show the effect of some 
other desirable combinations. 
In the fall evergreens may be substituted, and with these 
early spring-flowering bulbs may be planted, tulips, daf- 
fodils, crocuses, snowdrops, ete., being used for this purpose. 
There are a great many evergreens a apted for winter effect. 
Retinospora obtusa, 
with its soft feathery foliage, remains 
green throughout the winter; the golden arbor-vitae (Thuy 
occidentalis var. aurea) with its bright yellow tinge, dwarf 
pine (Pinus montana), firs (Abies), Norway spruce (Picea 
A bies), Colorado blue spruce (Picea pungens), and the hem- 
lock (Tsuga canadensis) produce ve pleasing combina- 
tions. They may be arranged to produce a hedge-like ap- 
pearance, or some points may be introduced either at the 
ends or in the center or both. 
