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and many others would make these areas, which 

 might have any shape, attractive during March, 

 April, and May. The leaves and flowers of the 

 trees and shrubs that might be selected would carry 

 the attention throughout the summer season, and 

 the fruits and autumn foliage would be features of 

 special interest during the fall months. From 

 November until March, the w r oody branches would 

 be interesting from their manner of growth and also 

 from their brown, gray, green, red, or other dis- 

 tinctive coloring. Some hawthorns, as well as some 

 viburnums, barberries, and roses, carry fruits well 

 through the winter. 



It might be possible even with an atmosphere 

 more or less polluted to have some bedding plants, 

 provided they could be so placed as to look well 

 with the hardy growth and could have their places 

 taken by evergreens as soon as frost arrives. In- 

 dividuals do not hesitate to spend large sums for 

 evergreen window-boxes and other evergreen deco- 

 ration for winter, and cities would be justified in 

 going to some expense for the evergreens even if 

 they were to last but a comparatively brief period, 

 the pleasure received from such planting being fully 

 equal to that from a bed of geraniums or begonias. 



