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ational IRurservman. 
Vol. XXVII. 
FOR GROWERS AND DEALERS IN NURSERYSTOCK 
The National Nurseryman Publishing Co., Incorporated 
HATBORO, PENNA. JANUARY. 1919 
WHITE PINE 
No. 1 
There would he very little beauty in this view if it was not for the White Pines and the Euonymus radicans in 
the foreground. 
A IL\LL0T to decide the handsomest evergreen tree 
growing in the United States would give many 
votes in favor of the White Pine, Pinus strobus. 
It is handsome and symmetrical when young and pic¬ 
turesque when old. 
Our illustration shows a winter scene, the beauty of 
which is mainly due to the group of these old pines, near 
the house. 
A good landscape effect does not depend on either a 
great variety or quantity of plants, but rather the right 
plant in the right place. The landscape gardener is as 
often to blame as the nurseryman for overcrowding and 
the customer as often as both, due to their desire to haA'^e 
an immediate effect. 
The dreary landscape effects can easily be avoided by 
the proper use of the right kind of evergreens Avithout 
detracting from the summer beauty. 
Without the White Pines and Euonymus radicans in 
