EVERGREEN TREES AND SHRUBS. 



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houses, might be made far more use of. In many northern 

 countries our Ivy will not live in the open air, and we rarely take 



Evergreen trees in natural forms (Cedars : Gunnersbury). 



enough advantage of such a possession in making both shelters, 

 wreaths, and screens. Care is required to keep it off our houses 

 and off cottage roofs or it will damage them ; but there are many 



