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to the north of the present limits of this tree in 

 the eastern United States. 



A drive along Grange Boulevard in Los 

 Angeles, or from Palo Alto to Stanford Uni- 

 versity, for example, and inspection of its rows 

 of palms, alternating with pepper trees, gives 

 the visitor from the East a mental picture of the 

 possibilities of this race of trees for ornamental 

 purposes that should certainly stimulate a spirit 

 of emulation. Interspersed among pines — their 

 ancestors of prehistoric times — they will be 

 particularly appropriate and look especially 

 well. 



The ornamental value of palms for roadsides 

 and borders, and artistically placed here and 

 there on the lawn, is admirably supplemented by 

 a background of vines growing on walls or over 

 rustic arbors or pergolas. 



And of course there are numerous vines, as 

 everyone is aware, that flourish abundantly in 

 regions where the palm cannot be grown. So 

 the picturesqueness of effect that can be gained 

 by the use of vines sometimes better than in any 

 other way is available for the residents of north- 

 ern climates, even far toward the Arctic Circle, 

 almost as fully as in the subtropical regions. 



Among the vines that are so thrifty that they 

 will grow in almost any soil, and so hardy as to 



