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This entire western country appears to be the natural home forconiferous evergreens and for most of the broad-leaved evergreens.They do wonderfully well all through the northwest, west of themountains. Portland has become known as the Rose City. It hasfound one particular thing, however, that is not proving a success. Thecamellia has been largely planted and is generally proving more or lessdisappointing. The mountain laurel should probably be placed in the
Plate LII. There are those who much prefer to develop their formal flower garden picture entirely by the use ofannuals. This garden, which is not for a source of cut flowers, is filled with heliotrope, yellow tulip-poppy, snapdragon,pentstemon, annual carnation, candytuft, and others not recognizable from this picture. (See chapter XXXII) |
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