1B WTB IR Gs IRI IB IN 
SHRUBS 
HE Evergreen Trees—the great Pines and Hem- 
locks, the Spruces and Firs—are, to us, like our 
houses. They furnish the walls, the roof, the 
chimneys to our visible world. 
The Evergreen Shrubs in all their rich and sparkling 
beauty are like the pictures we have on our walls, the 
rugs we spread upon our floors. They furnish the bright 
and intimate accessories with which we love to sur- 
round ourselves. 
We all find a peculiar, personal kind of pleasure in 
looking at a brilliant jewel. We like to handle it, watch 
the play of light upon its many facets, and try to fathom 
its subtilities of color. We should like to own it and 
keep it where we can look at it when we will. 
It is the same sort of pleasure we experience with 
the Evergreen Shrubs. We like to have them near us— 
near enough to see from our windows—in the garden, 
by the terrace, at the foot of the old gray wall, reflected 
in the mirror of the pool. 
We are grateful to them for being so close to us in 
scale, and for holding the balance for us between the 
haughty aloofness of the conifers and the faithful 
ubiquity of the deciduous trees. 
