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branched and has yellow flowers in the axils of the 

 leaves and these are followed by bloomy black fruit. 



Very handsome in flower and striking at all sea- 

 sons are the Yuccas with their spear-like evergreen 

 leaves. Three species (Y. flaccida, Y. fdamentosa 

 and Y. glauca) are hardy in the neighborhood of 

 Boston, Mass., and thrive in ordinary garden soil. 

 Their pure white, nodding, top-shaped flowers are 

 borne in profusion on erect, branching stems from 

 four to six feet tall. 



The Garland Flower (Daphne Cneorum) is a well- 

 known evergreen with gray-green and terminal heads 

 of fragrant pink blossoms. Many find it difficult 

 to establish for it resents transplanting and for this 

 reason pot-grown plants should be obtained in prefer- 

 ence to those grown in open ground. For planting 

 beneath trees there is nothing better than Pachysan- 

 dra terminalis, a native of Japan and China. It grows 

 about ten inches high and, spreading from a creeping 

 rootstock, forms a dense ground cover in situations 

 where but few plants will grow. The leaves are light 

 green, and the inconspicuous flowers are followed by 

 whitish fruits. 



Another favorite broad-leaved Evergreen is the 

 Lesser Periwinkle (Vinca minor), native of Europe 

 and western Asia. This plant trails over the ground 



