time of blooming and color cITccts. so they do not clasli. 11 is siii|)risinij liow many 
"filler" plants can Ijc used without detrarting from the broad evergreen efleet, and yet 
supplying an amazing amount of interesting detail and a continuous show of blossoms 
against a beautiful iVliododcndron leaf background. 
Some of llu' B«'sl "KilU-rs" and "Edfjiiifi" Plants. Andromeda polifolia, 
Chamaedaphne calyculata (Leatherleafj, Leiopliyllum l)uxifolium. L. prostratum. Ilex 
glabra (Inkbcrry), I^eucothoe catesbaei. Pieris lloribunda, Taxus canadensis ((Canada 
Yew), Galax aphylla, Claultheria procumbens, Houstonia (Hliiels;, Mitchcila repens 
(Partridgeberry), Shortia galaeifolia (Oconee-bells), Vinca minor (Periwinkle), Zanthorhiza 
apiifolia (Yellowroot). Lilies, Trilliums, Erythroniums (Dogtooth ^■iolets), Ferns in great 
variety, Violets, Dicentra eximea (Fern Bleedingheart), Iris in great varielv, particularly 
pseudacorus and Japanese; Azaleas in variety; !lex verticillata, Aronias (Chokcberry) in 
variety and many other "l)erry-bearing" shrubs. 
Jonquils and other spring bulbs may be used freely in the borders of plantations with 
charming results. 
HARLAN P. KELSEY, Salem, Massachusetts 
