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two to three inches long, retain their green verdure remarkably 

 well until March. It suffered considerable injury in the winter 

 of 1917 and 1918, but fully recovered. 



Pachistima Ccmhyi, native in the mountains of Virginia, is a 

 remarkably dainty low evergreen shrub, and where it thrives, 

 forms a dense evergreen carpet. It is an excellent plant in 

 rock-gardening. P. Myrsinites, native from British Columbia 

 to New Mexico, has very dark green leaves and attains a height 

 of one foot or more. It appears to be fairly hardy, but is 

 capricious about exact soil conditions, 



Ahehia quinata, a very hardy handsome vine from Japan, 

 cannot be considered a dependable evergreen. When trailing on 

 the ground and covered with snow, when the snow disappears, 

 in the month of March, the leaves will be perfectly green. 

 When on a trellis fully exposed to sun and wind, the leaves 

 will be browned and mostly dropped by February or March. 



Yucca flaccida and Y. filamentosa, with long strap-shaped 

 leaves, retain a pleasing green color throughout the entire year. 

 Yuccas are not particular about soil conditions. They grow 

 vigorously in light well-drained soil. A large group of these 

 yuccas planted thirty years ago are now in excellent condition. 

 Yucca glauca, with narrow light gray-green leaves, is quite 

 hardy and stands the winter well. 



Pachysandra terminalis is an excellent subshrubby plant for 

 ground-cover. It forms a dense mat in time and the deep green 

 glossy foliage is very pleasing. It seems to do equally well in 

 sun or shade. 



The common periwinkle, Vinca minor, is frequently used 

 as a ground-cover in deep shade. It has an agreeable green 

 color and in time will densely cover the ground to the exclusion 

 of all other plants. It will form a green carpet in the dense 

 shade of coniferous evergreens. 



