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Hemlocks also mass well in the background, their lighter 

 colors and more graceful forms relieving the sombre char- 

 acter of the adjoining 

 spruces. 



In the outskirts 

 of groups and rather 

 in the foreground, 

 we should find choice 

 plants, such as the 

 rare and exquisite 

 golden Japanese or 

 sun-ray pine (Pinus 

 Massaniana variega- 

 taj, with its rich and 

 permanent yellow, so 

 striking in fall and 

 winter, and the slow- 

 growing and extreme- 

 ly rare Japan parasol 

 pine ( ' Sciadopitys ver- 

 ticillataj, a highly prized and strange-looking tree, with 

 dark green foliage growing in distinct whorls. Nor should 

 we forget to plant in such positions the lovely Japanese 

 retinosporas, of delicate, fern-like appearance and unexcelled 

 hardiness of habit. 



Such plants form the intermediate shadings or half tones 

 of the picture, presenting as they do in winter the most 

 delightful tints of brown, green, and gold. It should be 

 remembered that the winter coloring of evergreens is very 

 different from that of summer. In many cases, like that of 



BHOTAN PINE. 

 (PINUS EXCELSA.) 



