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spruce than to have them depressed by the dull, dark 
greens and pendent plumes of the visitor? How often 
do we plant Austrian, Scotch or Himalaya Pines and 
ignore our own White Pine that grows in every other 
wood? The Austrian Pine certainly has a dark, lus- 
trous green, quite its own, but it is a short-lived tree 
in this climate ; and none of the exotics is so essentially 
fine a tree or harmonizes so well with the foliage of 
deciduous trees or is so generally useful and trust- 
worthy as the White Pine ; none of the conifers native 
or not is so valuable in the making of a scene or of 
scenery. 
Thirdly and lastly in this sermon comes the Hem- 
lock, most graceful of all trees ; at least nothing is 
more graceful, because nothing can be. What else 
could harmonize with dogwoods, birches and any of 
the foliage of our northern woods like this tree, which 
seems mainly connected in the minds of most people 
with cheap and inferior lumber? What can compare 
with a fine grove of it ? And how many have given 
it a chance to develop into a specimen beside the glau- 
cous cedars and the cryptomeries ? Let us seek and 
cultivate all these trees from the Indies and Cathay, 
not because they are foreign, but because they are 
good ; and let us not ignore our own incomparable 
evergreens because they are native although they are 
good. One could write of the White Pine, the White 
Spruce and the Hemlock until the patience of a dozen 
editors was exhausted. But instead of writing it is 
better to let other people think about them. 
Massing' in a California Carden 
By James 
The excellent example of massed planting in the 
California garden of A. A. Moore, Esq., East Oakland, 
shows how admirably the finer bolder foliage of such 
monocotvledones as Musas and Palms and large 
grasses may be used with a background of evergreen 
smaller foliage, as seen in our first illustration. 
The prominent plants are Musa ensete, a date palm, 
and on the extreme right a large grass Arundo Donax, 
which is quite hardy over much of the middle and 
northern states. The prominent herbs in the fore- 
ground are white daisies— probably of the “Shasta” 
form. 
MacPherson. 
The mixed flowering Acacias and other shrubs and 
the conifers of the background are well disposed and 
effective. At the north a background formed of a 
selection of the finer conifers would form an admir- 
able contrast to the large light green foliage of 
plunged bananas, palms and bamboos, which might be 
embellished to any extent with Cannas, Irises, Lilies, 
Fuchsias and ornamental grasses. These effects are 
not at all beyond the reach of any of our readers who 
have a light warm cellar, for both the Musa and the 
date palm may be well kept in such quarters during 
winter — taking care to lift them from the ground be- 
Plioto Courtesy Edwin R. Jackson. 
MASSED PLANTING IN AN OAKLAND, CAL., GARDEN. MUSAS, PALMS AND LARGE GRASSES WITH A BACK- 
GROUND OF EVERGREENS. 
