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the year the leaves of each plant will fall, or 

 whether they remain on all winter. Every flower 

 garden should have some evergreens. 



Every landscape gardener should take Nature 

 for his model, and conceal his own hand as much as 

 possible. Small places must necessarily be formal, 

 but large areas should have trees dotted here and 

 there and shrubbery massed in bunches as it would 

 be had it grown haphazard. 



In localities where soil drifts, shrubs and hedges 

 may be planted to break the force of the wind and 

 prevent drifting. From actual measurements, a 

 hedge five feet high will protect a field from wind 

 damage for 250 feet. The Russian olive, Russian 

 golden willow, silver berry, silver maple, and buck- 

 thorn are ornamental as well as protective. 



In transplanting evergreens, do not allow the 

 roots to be exposed to the sun or wind for even a 

 minute. A large ball of earth should be left cling- 

 ing to the roots of every plant to prevent injuring 

 the root system. They should be set in a moist 

 atmosphere, or the soil on the roots kept slightly 

 damp all the while they are out of the ground. 

 Evergreens not more than a foot in height will 



