BROAD-LEAVED EVERGREENS 



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The orange berries of the evergreen Hawthorn 



CHAPTER II 



BROAD-LEAVED EVERGREENS— FOR EVERY GARDEN 



CLIMATIC conditions in the Southern States are particularly 

 propitious in the matter of evergreens. It is not only pos- 

 sible for us to grow almost all of the coniferous varieties which 

 are popular in the higher latitudes, but there are many broad- 

 leaved kinds which are perfectly hardy with us which cannot be 

 grown out of doors elsewhere. 



Winter planting is recommended for all the broad-leaved 

 evergreens except the Camellias and Azalea indica^ which must 

 wait until the season of bloom is over and are best put out in 

 Spring, the latter part of April or the first of May. The trans- 

 planting of these plants from the open ground is a difficult matter 

 and if it is to succeed, defoHation is necessary. This is especially 

 true of the Magnolias, Photinias, Ligustrums, Elaeagnus, Laurus, 

 evergreen Oaks and Viburnums. Usually the nurserymen send 



