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the staghorns and the dwarf sumachs to New 
England pastures, the witherod and the 
hobblebush to the Adirondack wilderness, 
Andromeda and Cassandra to the swamps. 
In the West we find audibertia, manzanita, 
ceanothus with an equally good setting in the 
California mountains; encelia, creosote bush, 
and ocotilla in the arid ranges of Arizona; sage- 
brush on the alkali plains. Not only are the 
cacti adapted above all other plants to their 
part of the garden, but how admirably they 
preserve the unity of that garden. Nothing 
could have been better designed for that 
peculiar region. They are the typical family 
of the desert, as the palms of the tropics, 
the pines of the North. Yucca and ocotilla 
are plants as well selected for the desert 
plains with backgrounds of arid mountains, as 
are crategus, viburnum, and azalea for green 
and pastoral country delightful to the sub- 
dued and cultivated eye. How lovely are 
the blossoms of the viburnums and the shad- 
bush in the early woods; what Northern charm 
they have, typifying that irresistible unbend- 
ing of a cold and austere nature. Again, 
where is there a more stately garden in May 
than that section of the San Bernardino Valley 
where the incomparable racemes of the yucca, 
