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CHAPTER XIII. 
EVERGREEN SHRUBS. 
To complete a structure after the more bulky portions 
have been put together is often more difficult and requires 
more taste and skill than it did to lay the foundation and 
rear the building; and so it is with planting a group, 
grove, or belt of trees, for in a few years they lift high 
their heads, and often leave their naked stems exposed to 
view, as well as allow the winds to pass where we would 
wish it stayed. 
To avoid this, it is well to plant small shrubs which 
never grow to any considerable height, but keep within 
reach of pruning shears and knife>- Some of our native . 
evergreen shrubs are the most beautiful of any known, and 
all are worthy of a place in grove or garden. 
By planting the smaller-growing evergreens among 
those of larger growth we can give a more pleasing effect 
to the group, as they will fill up the open spaces, tone 
down the tall and rugged, and give a solid and firm ap- 
pearance even to the small group or narrow belt. 
Many of those which I have named among the trees, suck 
as the Arborvites and Junipers, may be used in place of 
those that are naturally small shrubs, or for planting along- 
side of those of tall growth, and by keeping them close- 
pruned they will never exceed a few feet in height; but 
