EVERGREEN TREES 



Nordmann's fir, with its abundance of shimmering 

 silvery leaves, has, when well grown, true grandeur 

 of bearing. It is one of the most hardy of firs, but 

 unfortunately slow in its growth. 



Abies concolor, the Colorado silver fir, is another 

 species well known and desirable. A. pectinata pen- 

 dula is charming to introduce among the evergreens 

 planted among rocks. It is so unique in habit and so 

 suggestive of a column of green that it should invariably 

 be given a place where it can be seen to advantage. 



The arbor vita?, especially the American, Thuja 

 occidentalis, of which there are a number of forms, is 

 particularly valuable near the sea to form wind-breaks 

 and hedges (page 80). These trees are readily trans- 

 planted, are not fastidious about the soil they occupy, 

 and in many ways are most useful. Often they are 

 employed within the garden for unique formal effects, 

 being then cut into fantastic shapes. 



Some forms take naturally a pyramidal outline; 

 others are dwarfish and bushy; others quite rounded. 

 Peabody's golden arbor vitse produces foliage of bril- 

 liant gold, and is altogether a desirable tree; while the 

 Siberian variety, owing to the unusually dark green 

 tones of its foliage, is the more pleasing tree during 

 winter. 



Such trees as the Mt. Atlas cedar, resembling the 

 blue spruce in the color of its leaves, and the time- 

 tried cedars of Lebanon are distinctive marks of some 

 of the oldest estates on Long Island. Even after 

 gardens have perished and generations of non-flower 

 lovers have succeeded those who sowed and planted, 



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