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on the landscape, and is even more efficient 
as a “break.” 
THE BEST ARBORVITAE 
As an ornamental tree for general planting 
where an evergreen of moderate height is 
wanted, the common arborvite (Tuya occi- 
dentalis) is I think to be preferred. It can 
be put to so many different purposes, and 
seems happy in all. As a hedge and as a 
screen, on account of its dense habit of 
growth, it is especially recommended for 
flat, wind-swept sections’ As an ornamental 
treeon the lawn, it is unsurpassed by any 
in its height and style of foliage. The 
color of its foliage is brownish green, 
turning darker as winter approaches. In 
winter its color is not attractive, but as 
spring arrives it changes from brownish to a 
dense green, turning darker as the season 
advances. It revels in a good soil, and will 
become ragged and shabby in appearance 
if planted in too dry a location. The Siber- 
ian variety has been said to be better adapted 
to standing our severe winters, but I have 
never noticed any material difference in that 
respect; it does, perhaps, form a slightly 
narrower cone, and so has a denser ap- 
pearance. 
THE BEST DWARF PINE 
The most hardy of all the globular shaped 
evergreens is the Mugho pine (Pinus Mon- 
tana, var. Mughus). It is one of the most 
attractive evergreens for planting on the 
lawn, seldom growing over six feet high, and 
having acquired a very globular form. The 
foliage is short, of a deep green color, and the 
short jointed growth of the branches results 
ina very dense mass. The tree is not a rapid 
grower, the season’s growth being only a few 
inches. It will flourish on a dry knoll, 
and for planting where rocky ledges ap- 
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The best tree for a windbreak. The white spruce 
(Picea alba). Plant in broken lines 
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The best evergreen hedge plant, the hemlock (Tsuga Canadensis). 
pear near the surface of the ground, is 
really indispensable. 
A CREEPING CONIFER 
When planting on rock work an evergreen 
of a creeping habit is often very valuable. 
The best creeping conifer is the savin (Jun- 
iperus Sabina). There are a number of 
forms of the creeping juniper, mainly vari- 
eties of the common juniper and this species. 
Its color is a beautiful shade of deep green, 
and it has a free and graceful habit of growth. 
THE BEST YELLOW FOLIAGE 
The Japanese cypresses (Chamecy paris 
pisifera), or retinisporas, as they are most 
commonly called, comprise the most decora- 
tive of all the conifers. They are remark- 
ably beautiful in their feathery foliage, even 
when only a few inches high. When they 
attain to a height of three feet or more, they 
are perfect, as lawn specimens. Indeed, 
they are well suited for such use, as growth is 
not rapid, and they do not soon outgrow 
their surroundings. 
While these plants are known in gardens 
under the generic name of Retinispora, they 
are in reality young plants of Chamecyparis, 
and have foliage characters and habit quite 
different from the adult trees, which one 
never sees in gardens. 
The Japanese golden plumed cypress 
(C. pisifera, var. plumosa aurea), is by far the 
best yellow foliaged ornamental evergreen. 
The branches are short and feathery in 
effect, giving the plant a compact habit yet 
graceful outline, that is very pleasing. The 
foliage is golden yellow. It is used exten- 
sively by some for ornamental bedding pur- 
poses, being planted in dense masses, but 
given plenty of room and a rich soil, it be- 
comes a well-formed, wide conical tree. 
THE PRETTIEST FEATHERY EVERGREEN 
Another of this group is easily the best 
feathery foliaged evergreen. It is Chamecy- 
paris pisifera, var. filifera (known in gardens 
as Retinispora filifera) and is easily recog- 
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Forms a good hedge in about six years 
nized by its beautiful drooping branches and 
thread-like branchlets. The color of the 
foliage is a light green. ‘This is a low grow- 
ing tree, and is rarely seen as much as fifteen 
feet high, although an occasional plant 
reaches twenty feet. In its smaller sizes it is 
a very ornamental evergreen, and like the 
other retinisporas requires a very rich soil. 
All the foregoing, except the Japan cy- 
presses, will thrive in almost any poor soil, 
so long as the subsoil is not of a damp, clayey 
nature. In urban districts where smoke is 
prevalent they will not thrive, but in sub- 
urban and rural places, they are always sat- 
isfactory. 
The com- 
The best small -all-purpose evergreen. 
mon arborvitae (TAuya occidentalis) 
