featheriness. its refinement of color, its pretty habit of swaying in 

 the wind, its hardiness and its adaptability to almost any kind 

 of soil. 



I planned to work up to more robust, big and dominating 

 plants and shrubs. Assembling the Tamarix there was a happy 

 decision I realized later when I saw the pinky plumes waving and 

 swaying outside the enclosing hedge. Here most of it flowered 

 all Summer long, but it was in July when Odessana bloomed. 

 Odessana, I think, is the most graceful, ethereal cloud-like shrub 

 that ever grew to delight our eyes in mid-Summer, especially when 

 seen from a distance. 



For weeks Odessana smilingly peeped over the hedge gently 

 fanning all the flowers there. Odessana formed a pink canopy for 

 the tall blue spires of the Delphinium family, and Odessana brought 

 color, height, beauty and a very much needed charm to the box- 

 like garden. 



In the distance we planted evergreens (Douglas Spruce) and 

 many very tall pyramidal evergreens. In advance, well in advance, 

 we started a little tree plantation of them, thousands of them, 

 some only a foot high, others up to three feet. These little ever- 

 greens when grown taller and broader will provide a source of 

 supply for much needed groupings and mass plantings. 



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