CHAPTER VIII 



BROAD-LEAVED EVERGREENS FOR NORTH- 

 ERN GARDENS 



THE PLANTS OF THIS CLASS THAT CAN BE GROWN ARE 

 COMPARATIVELY FEW BUT INCLUDE SOME GOOD NATIVES 



IN THE late autumn and throughout the winter, 

 the gardens of New England present a marked 

 contrast to those of Old England in that their 

 habitants, save the Conifers and the Yews, are bare 

 of leaves. There is a nakedness about our gardens 

 which emphasizes the dreariness of the winter season. 

 We have so few hardy, broad-leaved evergreen 

 shrubs, and no trees; whereas in Great Britain they 

 have many and there is a greenness and freshness 

 about their gardens at all seasons of the year. We 

 cannot help envying them their good fortune in be- 

 ing able to grow out of doors and with no trouble a 

 wealth of plants which are ever clothed in restful 

 green. Climate alone is responsible and since this 

 is beyond human control, the garden lovers who 

 live in the colder parts of eastern North America 

 must bow to the inevitable. Tall-growing broad- 

 leaved Evergreens belong to the warm, temperate, 



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