BROAD-LEAVED EVERGREENS 



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are foliage plantings that are eminently desirable and reliable 

 for evergreen effects of both formal and informal nature. The 

 Boxwood is, of course, most used for formal pruning. 



Pittosporum Tobira, the Japanese Pittosporum, is a globular 

 form of evergreen that can be sheared into any desired form. 

 Sheared, it is excellent for accenting curves in walks or drives. 

 It grows very rapidly and is one of the most attractive of the 

 broad-leaved shrubs. Its creamy-white flowers that show in 

 February are insignificant, but the plant is always beautiful. 

 As a foreground planting, or used together with the deciduous 

 Pearl Bushes, Exochorda grandiflora, it is wonderfully beautiful. 



The Gardenias, G. jasminoides florida and G. Fortunei^ should 

 be planted in December and for those who care for the heavy 

 odor, they are desirable and attractive shrubs. 



As severe Winters have disastrous effects on the Neriums 

 (Oleanders), it would not be advisable to use them for open ground 

 effects above the latitude of Savannah. Where they will grow, 

 nothing is lovelier than either hedges or specimen plantings of 



ENGLISH LAUREL IN ALL ITS BEAUTY AND USEFULNESS 

 An effective screen planting of this popular subject is shown at the left 



