THE SMALL PLACE 



green boughs at the first approach of cold weather. 

 Leucothoe catesbai, Packysandra terminalis. Ferns, 

 Ivy, and Yellowroot make a foreground planting 

 for the Rhododendrons. Along the wall of the serv- 

 ice court Fragrant Sumac and Asters are planted, 

 and Ampelopsis Engelmanni, which has clinging 

 suckers like the Boston' Ivy and a free growing 

 habit like the Virginia Creeper, climbs over wall 

 and posts. 



All the plants on the drive endure northern 

 exposure and shady positions. It is a planting 

 composed mainly of evergreens. To the exclusion, 

 of all stiff specimen conifers, broad-leaved ever- 

 greens have been used. The decorative effective- 

 ness of evergreen planting depends as much on the 

 nicety with which the different varietiei are com- 

 bined as on the selection of the material. It is a 

 planting chosen principally for its fine foliage 

 effects. The lasting green of Myrtle and Ivy, 

 Hemlock, Euonymus, and Pachysandra, the almost 

 evergreen foliage of the Fragrant Bush-Honey- 

 suckles, and the glossy leafage of the Rhododen- 

 drons give a splendid winter effect. Against these 

 are contrasted the Leucothoe when its foliage 

 turns a deep red in the autumn and the fall color 

 of the Yellowroot and Fragrant Sumac. 



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