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is not horticultural above all else. It considers 

 instead the picture that is being created — and 

 extraordinary specimens do not contribute to 

 that harmony of ensemble which is the essential 

 thing. So, however remarkable a shrub may 

 be in bloom and other individual characteris- 

 tics, in its garden aspect it must have the added 

 quality of being a good mixer — unless it is to 

 make one of a collection grown for the sole pur- 

 pose of ascertaining how magnificent specimen 

 plants may become, which is altogether another 

 proposition. 



There are ten distinct evergreen shrubs that 

 are obtainable — that is, they are offered by 

 nurseries — which I would recommend as suit- 

 able wherever an evergreen mass is desired. 

 They are, in their alphabetical order, Ahelia 

 (bush arbutus), Andromeda (lily-of-the-valley 

 shrub), certain Azaleas, Calluna (Scotch hea- 

 ther), certain CotoneasterSy Daphne (garland 

 flower), Evonymus, certain Ilex (holl}^ and ink- 

 berry), Kalmia (mountain laurel), and Makonia 

 (Oregon grape). To undertake a description 

 of each here is not necessary, but of their han- 

 dling in general I may say that they require to 

 be dug in the nursery and shipped v/ith a ball 

 of earth held firmly about their roots, just as 

 evergreen trees are dug. And they like a soil 



