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hardy and very desirable types. Several of the oecidentalis 

 varieties are fine with Globosa used in the foreground. 



As a background for Peonies, May and Darwin Tulips, 

 many of the Evergreens named are grand. 



Try a bed of Taxus and Junipers as a setting for the 

 old-fashioned Tiger Lilies, planting the Lily bulbs between, 

 with an under cover of Dimorpothica. 



Among the Hemlocks, useful for formal work are Caro- 

 liniana, a darker green than Canadensis; Hookeriana, a 

 pale blue green foliage, and the handsome form Sieboldi 

 (Japanese Hemlock), with its slender, half-drooping 

 branches and glossy dark-green foliage. These add greatly 

 to the list of desirable Evergreens, pleasing in form and 

 color, and claiming attention by their distinct characteristics. 



If one is not familiar with some of the varieties named, 

 I would strongly advise a visit to the nursery. There you 

 can see the plants growing and get a good idea of what 

 kinds you require and possibly see some favorites you know 

 by sight, but not by name. A visit to a well-stocked nursery 

 is an educational treat, and the time spent in looking over 

 the collection will repay you in many ways. If you are 

 starting in on your home grounds, select a list from the 

 varieties given and choose what appeals to you most. Go 

 slow in your planting, as half the interest in a place is in 

 its development, and the second year you are wiser in ex- 

 perience in tree and plant lore. Make haste slowly in your 

 planting scheme and develop as you gain in knowledge. 



EVERGREENS FOR THE HOME LANDSCAPE 



Desirable trees to use in a collection will now be named. 



The species named under the above heading are very de- 

 sirable forms to use in the Southeastern States, and would, 

 in my opinion, prove perfectly hardy in the vicinity of Phila- 



delphia. Cedrus Atlantica Glauca, a magnificent tree of a 

 delicate steel blue. There is a very fine specimen growing 

 on the estate of Mrs. Anderson, Greenwich, Conn. It has 

 a color distinct from any other conifer. Cryptomeria 

 Japonica Lobbi is another novelty, a deep green color, 

 slender in habit. 



Cupressus Lawsoniana and Cupressus Triumph of Bos- 

 koop, are both good, the latter is hardy in Connecticut after 

 once established. 



I would advise the planting of the above varieties in 

 Spring. This would give them a good chance to become es- 

 tablished before Winter. Mulch well as soon as the ground 

 is frozen hard enough to walk on. 



The umbrella Pine Sceadopitys Verticillata should be in 

 every list of ornamental Evergreens. It is of unquestioned 

 hardiness in the East and should be used as a specimen. 



Among the Boxwood we have Sempervirens and Suffru- 

 ticosa. No garden seems quite complete without some Box. 

 Some of the finest specimens are found round the old home- 

 steads of New England. Grand in their age of a century 

 or more, recalling eloquently in their passing cherished mem- 

 ories of some old world garden from which they came. 

 There is something in an old time hedge of Box that ap- 

 peals to rich and poor alike. 



Perhaps it recalls the garden we knew first of all, back 

 on the old farm, partly forgotten in its simplicity, com- 

 pared with its contemporaries of almost mathematical pre- 

 cision of to-day. As a setting for the sundial try just grass 

 with a Box edging, several varieties of the latter answering. 



EVERGREENS FOR TERRACE PLANTING 



Where there is difficulty in keeping grass on a terrace the 

 low growing Juniperus Taxus and Dwarf Pines, make an 





A fountain basin bordered with Biota (var. B. Nana Aurea) 





