therefore, he who is evolving a home on one acre of the earth's
area cannot neglect a genus of trees that has been so signally
honored. Evergreens will speedily banish the sense of newness from
his grounds; for by putting them about his door he has added the
link which connects his acre with the earliest geological record
of tree-planting. Then, like Diedrich Knickerbocker, who felt that
he must trace the province of New York back to the origin of the
universe, he can look upon his coniferae and feel that his latest
work is in accord with one of the earliest laws of creation. I
imagine, however, that my readers' choice of evergreens will be
determined chiefly by the fact that they are always beautiful, are
easily managed, and that by means of them beautiful effects can be
created within comparatively small space. On Mr. Fuller's grounds I
saw what might be fittingly termed a small parterre of dwarf
evergreens, some of which were twenty-five years old.

Numbers of this family might be described as evergreen and gold;
for part of the perennial foliage shades off from the deepest
green to bright golden hues. Among the group of this variety,
Japanese in origin, Mr. Fuller showed me a "sporting" specimen,
which, from some obscure and remarkable impulse, appeared bent on
producing a new and distinct type. One of the branches was quite
different from all the others on the tree. It was pressed down and
layered in the soil beneath; when lo! a new tree was produced, set
out beside its parent, whom it soon surpassed in size, beauty, and
general vigor. Although still maintaining its green and golden
hues, it was so distinct that no one would dream that it was but a
"sport" from the adjacent dwarf and modest tree. Indeed, it
reminded one of Beatrix Esmond beside her gentle and retiring
mother. If it should not in the future emulate in caprice the fair