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borealis, Thuja gigantea (true), Cupressus macro 

 carpa, Cryptomeria elegans, etc., should be freely 

 used in the foreground, as in beauty of form they 

 are unsurpassed by any short-lived inhabitants of 

 the summer garden. Except, however, in the case 

 of the Tree-ferns, and various other things not 

 grown in the open air but simply placed there for 

 the summer, it is very desirable not to place the 

 plants in the shade of trees. All the things which 

 have to grow in the open air should be placed in 

 the full sun. Not a few hardy subjects will thrive 

 very well without any but ordinary shelter, as, for 

 example, the Yuccas and Acanthuses ; but, judging 

 by the remarkable way in which the hardy Bamboo 

 thrives when placed in a sheltered dell, shelter has 

 a considerable influence on the well-being even of 

 these, as it must have on all subjects with large 

 leaf-surfaces. But it should not be forgotten that 

 shelter may be well secured without placing the 

 beds or groups so near trees that they will be 

 robbed, shaded, or otherwise injured by them. 



W. R. 



March I, 1871. 



