CONIFEROUS EVERGREENS 57 



CHAPTER V 



CONIFEROUS EVERGREENS— FOR BEAUTY AND ACCENT 



^ I ^HERE is nothing which so fitly typifies the spirit of the New 

 -■- South as the majestic loveHness of the stately Himalayan 

 Cedar, Cedrus Deodara. Its pyramidal outlines tower skyward 

 unrestrained and fearless. Its roots dig deeply and lovingly into 

 the old red clay of the Georgia hills with the same fondness with 

 which it must cHng to Oriental clay on the heights that bound the 

 farther shores of the Seven Seas. Its ambitions and ideals are 

 lofty. For just sixteen short years twin sisters have stood at 

 each side of an hospitable doorway with which I am well familiar, 

 yet today they lift their waving branches at least sixty feet above 

 the sod. Graceful and gentle and tenderly gracious in their 

 soft coloring and delicate tracery of leaf and stem and branch, 

 yet strong to endure both the Summer's heat and the Winter's 

 cold, Antaeus-fashion they bend to touch the earth and thus 

 gain strength with which to climb up and up and up on their 

 ambitious way to the stars. 



THE SOIL FOR DEODARAS 



Where there is room, where dignity and grace are desirable, 

 where soft coloring in the evergreen notes is needed, plant De- 

 odaras. In choosing the situation for these trees perfect drainage 

 and plenty of clay in the soil must be assured. This done, nothing 

 will give more satisfactory or more beautiful or quicker results. 

 It is better to select trees that have grown large enough to have 

 some character, say from thirty inches to thirty-six inches in 

 height, and these can be purchased from any reliable southern 

 nursery. Small sizes can be had, but the difference in strength 



