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(Chamaecyparis pisifera plumvsa ) one of 
the handsomest evergreens. It is suitable 
for single specimens or for groupings. 
This is my favorite, variety for this sec¬ 
tion of the state. A low-growing, trail¬ 
ing evergreen, useful for borders, angles 
or corners or on rockeries, is the Junipe- 
rus sabina prostrata. 
There are a number of varieties of ar- 
borvitae or thuya; tall, medium and low- 
growing, including the Rosedaie arbor- 
vita. They are very fine for grouping at 
corners of buildings. The Cupressus 
sempervirens makes fine single specimens 
on a lawn. All evergreens and conifers 
should be transplanted with a ball of soil 
around the roots, jf possible, and these 
must not be allowed to dry out. They 
must be watered for the first year. They 
should be set out in well-drained places, 
as they will not do well on wet places. 
Some of the bamboos are hardy in this 
section, as Bambusa argentea striata, B. 
argentea arundinaria f ale at a, and A. Me- 
take. These are fine for backgrounds or 
for side plantings in groups. 
In general, in planting, close contact of 
roots and soil is essential. The soil should 
not be kept wet, but always moist. Most 
plants, especially trees and evergreens, 
are often planted too deep. As a rule 
these should not be planted deeper than 
they were where they grew. The soil 
should be sprinkled in all around the roots. 
After the hole is full a slight ridge can be 
made around the tree and this basin filled 
with water. In planting large groups I 
would tramp the soil around the plant with 
the heel of the shoe, but not so firmly as 
to break the roots. 
In pruning, care should be taken that 
all broken roots are removed. Trees or 
shrubs should be pruned to a good shape 
and all dead growth removed. Some 
plants require and stand more pruning 
than others. Some evergreens require 
little or no pruning. After planting, for 
the first year especially, the plants should 
be well cultivated and watered during dry 
seasons. 
In all things experience is the best 
reacher, and one should not be discour¬ 
aged if things do not grow as desired at 
first. 
LANDSCAPE GARDENI NG IN FLORIDA 
Karl A. Haltenhoff 
Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen : 
The art of landscape gardening is still 
in its infancy in Florida. The material is 
there for the production of effects which 
shall have all the romance and mystery 
that only a tropical jungle possesses. At¬ 
tention is to be called to some of the possi¬ 
bilities of genuine landscape work with 
the indigenous growth of the state itself. 
The grandeur of mountain scenery is 
lacking, but the dense forests or rolling 
lands, the numerous lakes and rivers, the 
abundant evergreen trees, the palmettos 
which are characterized by a grace and 
stateliness rarely equalled, furnish mate¬ 
rial which can be combined in picture of 
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