NATIVE EVERGREENS. 



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JUNIPKKUSSAIUNA-L.var.procumbens Pun^h {Tniilins^r J uni/wr). 

 This modest and hardy little shrub has its own peculiar ways, and 

 whether upon the summits of buttes in Dakota or on the lake shores 

 of Minue>?ota, it likes to be alone. Alone let it be then and plant it 

 on sandy or ^-ravelly mounds where nothing else will grow! Let it 

 have the hot summer sun and the cold winter wind! Let sands drift 

 over it and let roots be piled upon it. for then it will multiply and 

 thrive' Trailing down from the summit of a mound of white or 

 brown sand, it is remarkably beautiful. Several plants were seen 

 last summer tinged with yellow or golden tipped. These should 

 perhaps be named variety aurea. 



\ W liite liTio Forest in Northern Minnesota. 



Taxus Haccata var. Canadensis— ir/Z/r/. {Croutnl Hemlock) 

 another trailing, or rather a creeping shrub, seeks the deep cool 

 shade of cedar and fir and black spruce on the borders of swamps 

 and the banks of streams. If its language were interpreted, it would 

 say, whether to warn of danger or to guard some sacred spot, "keep 

 out." If you try to pass it, it will probably trip you. Its foliage is 

 dark green. Its curious red fruit is rare. It spreads by rooting 

 branches and sometimes rises to si.\ feet above the ground. It 

 may be valuable as a border or protecting shrub with plenty of 



