THE WINTER GARDEN 



through the winter air with a thrill of positive 

 warmth. So strong an impression do they make 

 upon the eye that you see them long after you 

 have passed them. They photograph themselves 

 there. Why should we not transplant this bit of 

 woodland glory to the garden, and heighten the 

 effect of it by giving it an evergreen as a back- 

 ground? Its scarlet fire, seen against the dark 

 greenery of Spruce or Arbor Vitas, would make 

 the winter garden fairly glow with color. 



I have seen the red-branched Willow planted 

 near an evergreen, and the contrast of color 

 brought out every branch so keenly that it seemed 

 chiselled from coral. The effect was exquisite. 



Train Celastrus scandens^ better known as 

 Bittersweet, where its pendant clusters of red 

 and orange can show against evergreens, and you 

 produce an effect that can be equalled by few 

 flowers. 



The Berberry is an exceedingly useful shrub 

 with which to work up vivid color-eff ects in win- 

 ter. It sliows attractively among other shrubs, 

 is charming when seen against a drift of snow, 

 but is never quite so effective as when its rich- 

 ness of coloring is emphasized by contrast by the 

 sombre green of a Spruce or Balsam. 



Our native Cranberry — ^Viburnum opulus — ^is 



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