LAWN- PLANTING FOR IVLVTER EFFECT. 143 



an almost feminine appeai'auce. Tlie I'lio-sjied, sti'ung out- 

 line of the weeping Norway spi'uce, on tlie dtbei- hand, 

 oft'ei's the gi'eatest con- 

 trast to the habit of 

 this hemlock, and de- 

 lights the eye, espe- 

 cially in ^vintel•. The 

 long branches of this 

 slow - gi'owing ever- 

 green droop and hug 

 the stem in most per- 

 sistent fashion, now 

 and then curling up 

 eccentric shoots, 

 ^which afford conven- 

 ient lodgment for the 

 snow. Both these 

 striking evergreens 

 should occupy the 



■■• *' WEEPING NORWAY SPRUCE AND DWARF PINE. 



'PICEA EXCELSA INVERTA AND PINUS STROBUS COMPACTA.) 



middle-ground of the 

 picture in specially effective positions. A cedar of Leb- 

 anon, where a cedar of Lebanon can be coaxe<l to gro\\', is 

 also a prize on the winter lawn. 



Among the pines we find, perhaps, our most lovely and 

 refined winter colors, but to establish pines upon the lawn 

 is not always easy. Unless transplanted frequently in the 

 nui'sery, pines develop naked I'oots, hard to remove with 

 safety. The spruces and arbor vitals act better, but silver 

 firs and pines are, to say the least, troublesome in this 

 respect. The most lovely pine, to me, in "winter is the 



