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Red cedar, Juniperus Virginiana.* 
A common tree, North and South; several horticultural varieties. 
Arborvitee (white cedar, erroneously), Thuja occidentalis.* 
Becomes unattractive after ten or fifteen years on poor soils; the horti- 
cultural varieties are excellent; see p. 333, and Hedges, p. 220. 
Japanese yew, Tarus cuspidata. 
Hardy small tree. 
Conifers for the South. 
Evergreen conifers, trees and bushes, for regions south of 
Washington: Abies Fraseri and A. Picea (A. pectinata); Nor- 
way spruce; truecedars, Cedrus Atlantica and Deodara; cypress, 
Cupressus Goveniana, majestica, sempervirens; Chamecyparis 
Lawsoniana; practically all junipers, including the native 
cedar (Juniperus Virginiana); practically all arborvite, includ- 
ing the oriental or biota group; retinosporas (forms of chame- 
cyparis and thuja of several kinds); Carolina hemlock, Tsuga 
Caroliniana; English yew, Taxus baccata; Libocedrus decur- 
rens; cephalotaxus and podocarpus; cryptomeria; Bhotan 
pine, Pinus excelsa; and the native pines of the regions. 
9. WInDoWw-GARDENS 
Although the making of window-gardens may not be properly 
a part of the planting and ornamenting of the home grounds, yet 
the appearance of the residence has a marked effect on the 
attractiveness or unattractiveness of the premises; and there 
is no better place than this in which to discuss the subject. 
Furthermore, window-gardening is closely associated with 
various forms of temporary plant protection about the resi- 
dence (Fig. 268). 
Window-gardens are of two types: the window-box and 
porch-box type, in which the plants are grown outside the win- 
dow and which is a summer or warm-weather effort; the inte- 
