EVERGREENS IN THE LANDSCAPE 13 



The principles of landscape-gardening which apply to the 

 arrangement of plantations, the preservation of ample open 

 space, and the natural irregular arrangement which gives such 

 a charm to woods, apply to evergreens as well as to oaks, 

 maples, and hawthorns. In using evergreens they should first 

 be considered as objects of beauty in themselves; then as back- 

 grounds for roses, elderberries, or other low growth that flour- 

 ishes in the neighborhood, or as a foil to other plants. Yellow 

 birches and hemlocks are often found growing near each other 

 and seem to adjust their branches without much interference. 

 A hillside covered with pines and bordered here and there at 

 the bottom with Carolina roses, red-branched dogwoods, snow- 

 berries or viburnums, often gives a pleasing effect. A birch tree 

 with its white bark shooting above the growth of roses or 

 dogwoods ma}^ contribute to the charm of the whole com- 

 position. 



Evergreens form an important part of that wealth of plant- 

 life from which the landscaper must choose the material with 

 which he makes his most effective compositions. They can be 

 used with greatest safety for marginal planting, or as groups 

 located near the margins of open spaces, near buildings, or on 

 promontories or hillsides. When planted near the summit of 

 a ridge or a hill, they emphasize more than other trees its 

 effect of height. 



E\rERGREENS IN THE PL^^TED LANDSCAPE.— Hamblin 



In temperate regions, most of the evergreen trees are 

 conifers, and also the greater number of ornamental evergreen 

 shrubs of wide use in planting are dwarf conifers. The broad- 

 leaved evergreens, as members of the heath and holly families, 

 are of less universal use than the conifers, and the study of 

 their effective grouping will follow the more important dis- 



