96 A LITTLE GARDEN THE YEAR ROUND 



This distinctive plant is, in reality, a little tree 

 of coniferous habits, quite as lovely though not 

 so unusual and curious, as some of the dwarf 

 Japanese trees that have become more or less 

 the fashion. Its branches radiate like the 

 spokes of a wheel from the central stem, and 

 its rich, spiny foliage is a dark yellow-green. It 

 is the most symmetrical of the indoor Ever- 

 greens. 



The Araiicaria robusta is a more sturdy spe- 

 cies and it is more compact than the first named 

 while the Araucaria glauca is a handsome blue- 

 green leaved variety of the same species. The 

 indoor gardener may be interested to know 

 that the cousin to these Evergreens (the large 

 form of the Araucaria, known to botanists as 

 A. imbricata) is said to be the only tree which 

 the monkey is unable to climb. Small speci- 

 mens of the Araucarias are Island Pine, and 

 of other species of the Araucarias are compara- 

 tively inexpensive, and may be had from al- 

 most any reliable nurseryman. A well- 

 started specimen will require but ordinary care, 

 as this Evergreen grows freely under almost 

 any conditions, where light, water and a little 

 heat can be given it. The Araucarias must be 



