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How to Make a Flower Garden 



my preference would be to place it in the 

 background, with some low, green foliage 

 between it and the herbaceous plants. I con- 

 fess that I have not much love for the golden- 

 leaved varieties of trees, as they always 

 remind me of sickly specimens. As for 

 deciduous trees, they should be planted just 



Hooker's hemlock (Tsuga Hookerii), showing 

 the light-green tips of the new growth. All 

 conifers are particularly beautiful at this 

 stage 



after the leaves drop in the fall, 

 or soon after the frost comes out 

 of the ground in the spring. 

 They may be obtained of small 

 size from reliable nurserymen, 

 or sometimes of larger size from 

 the neighbourhood of the place 

 to be planted. The hole in 

 which the tree is to be placed 

 should be considerably larger 

 than the space occupied by its 

 roots, unless the whole space has 

 been recently filled or deeply 

 plowed or trenched. Usually 

 a tree, especially a tree of large 

 size, should be planted a little 



The Colorado blue spruce is often seen in flower gardens 



