trast of their silvery needles ; feathery hemlocks 

 and formally clipped Japanese cypress, then trim 

 globes of Arborvitae, with low-growing, spreading, 

 trailing Japanese juniper and dwarf mountain 

 Pine iPinus mughus). Oh ! I promise you (with 

 this enduringly beautiful picture for your very 

 own) numberless hours of self-satisfaction and 

 real delight. Each year you may add to your 

 collection such evergreens as may appeal to you, 

 and sometime, well in advance of these, I ask 

 you to plant a group of the gold and bronze 

 Japanese maples. 



WHEN TO PLANT 



I think the Fall is the best time to plant. 

 Perhaps I think so because we have more time 

 for it then and we shorten the time of waiting for 

 results and defy the lingering Spring frosts and 

 uncertain weather. 



If we do our planting in the Fall it may be 

 done without the strain, the rush, and the hurry 

 always experienced in the Spring, when almost 

 six months of work must be done in one, and for 

 this reason alone, if for no other, we should ac- 



