unity I mean the splendid harmonious mass plant- 

 ings that we find in so many gardens, the plant- 

 ings that have replaced the unlovely discordant 

 " mixed " shrubbery and " dot " plantings of former 

 years. 



Amateur Gardeners, we owe so much to the 

 noble family of evergreens ; I wonder if you real- 

 ize how much? 



When the sun has hidden his face for days 

 and days, how these friendly evergreens cheer and 

 rest us. To me they are so indescribably comfort- 

 ing, so soothing that I can look at them admiringly 

 for hours and hours. To me they say more with 

 their loftiness, their true uprightness, and I might 

 say give me more pleasure than the dazzling color, 

 than the blooms of countless flowers, and when 

 all our radiant summer treasures are blanketed 

 with leaves and hay and coal ashes, these faithful 

 enduringly green garden sentinels are not less 

 beautiful, but more beautiful when snow powdered 

 or glistening with icy tear-drops. It is perhaps then 

 that we value and appreciate their beauty more 

 than we do at any other time ; at this time we real- 

 ize more than ever the appreciation of them that 



