CHAPTER VI 



EVERGREENS AND OLD BOX 



VERGREENS are 

 really more effec- 

 tive in Winter than 

 in Summer,, but 

 they should not be used 

 with only that thought in 

 mind as they are most val- 

 uable in combination with their decidu- 

 ous neighbours. The fault generally to 

 be found is that they are overplanted or 

 not planted in the right way. Large 

 beds or masses are very good in a botan- 

 ical garden for educational purposes, but 

 they are hardly the thing for a gentle- 

 man's place, especially a small one. The 

 use of so many varieties gives a museum- 

 like, stuffy appearance to the grounds. 

 Each one has some particular virtue or 



peculiarity of shape, growth or colour to 

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