EVERGREENS 



BY F. L. MULFORD 



T7' VERY house needs certain attributes in addition to 

 '^ the presence of a family in which love abounds, 

 before it becomes a real home in appearance as well as 

 in feeling. Among these is greenery about it and shade 

 over it. With these accessories a very simple house may 

 be made to appear homelike. This can be done with little 

 expense for any house except one that is built close 

 against the sidewalk a"d its neighbors in the heart of a 



evergreens, especially if plants with bright-colored barks 

 are freely used and are appropriately arranged, yet the 

 addition of a few evergreens in the planting adds a touch 

 of green that to most people is very pleasing in mid- 

 winter. A large proportion of the plantings about a 

 home may be of these plants and attractive results may 

 be obtained. Where there is room for a dozen or more 

 plants it probably is not desirable to make the plantings 



A BEAUTIFUL PLANTING FOR THE ODD CORNER 



A group of holly with locust as a back^ound. The thinness of the middle holly is due to its having been transplanted 

 recently. Soon the thick, glossy leaves will come into their own and the bright colored berries make holly a delight in winter. 



city. A tree or two would provide the shade and the 

 seeds of a few annuals would provide the other green for 

 a summer. Of course, for more permanent results woody 

 material should be used that would provide some winter 

 effect even when it had no foliage, and would give an 

 adequate setting earlier in the spring than could be pro- 

 vided by plants grown from seeds each year. 



Although a good combination of deciduous shrubs may 

 give a very pleasing effect during the winter without any 



entirely of cone-bearing trees, like the spruces, pines 

 and cedars, as the result is liable to be too heavy and 

 sombre, but such plantings should be varied by the use 

 of a few deciduous plants, which would add variety both 

 winter and summer. 



Evergreens are of two distinct types ; the cone bearing 

 trees, which have needles instead of leaves, and the 

 broad-leaved evergreens like holly, box, magnolia, cherry, 

 laurel, mountain laurel and rhododendron. The cone- 



