148 LAWN-PLANTING FOR WINTER EFFECT. 



months, altluiUi:li not ahvaA's very Lardy in the Northern 

 States. It is an old jihint, but merits, especially planted 

 singly, the ver}' highest consideration. 



CotorieaMer or Crataigmxjyrcicontli.a,\\\^ evergreen thorn, 

 whether used for hedges or as a single plant, is always 



GINKGO TREE, IRISH YEWS, AND WEEPING SOPHORA. 



peculiarly l;)eautit'ul in winter. Its hiw, dense masses of 

 red bronze leaves, small and regularly formed, present a 

 diversity of contour <>f the most pleasing charactei'. Some- 

 times a large mature plant lives thrc.iugh many winters -with 

 its shining, bright-green colni- unreddened by the faintest 

 touch of frost. 



