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wide extend in front and at the northern end of the house, ell and 

 span-roof grapery. 



Such being the position of the house, and such the nature of the 

 existing walks, the additional paths have to conform ; and it was 

 necessary also to plant the trees, shrubs, climbing vines and flow- 

 ering plants so as not to be incongruous, but to harmonize with 

 the existing order of things. Accordingly a straight path was 

 made from the door in the ell, along the eastern margin of the 

 lawn until it approached a large Scotch pine, when it was neces- 

 sary to curve it so as to meet another path extending to the vege- 

 table garden ; and along this path were made borders for shrubs 

 and flowers, rather than disflgure the beauty of the small lawn by 

 introducing through it beds of flowering plants. 



In the border next the lawn were planted low annuals, perennials 

 and bulbous plants, such as pansies, pinks, mignonette, sweet alys- 

 sum, verbenas, nemophila, agrostemma, Drummond phlox, tulips, 

 lilies, graceful dentzia, mountain mist, &c. In the other, next the 

 vegetable garden, were planted taller shrubs and plants, such as 

 Mahonia, flowering almond, rose acacia, peonies, dahlias, gladio- 

 las, asters, &c. Beyond, rose bushes, climbing vines, morning 

 glories, nasturtiums, scarlet and white runners and asparagus, 

 afford a further screen to the vegetable garden in the rear oi' the 

 lot. The trees also are so disposed as to conceal it and afford that 

 privacy which is desirable. The necessary paths in the rest of the 

 garden, whenever convenient and practicable, curve so as to avoid 

 sharp corners. 



In a corner of the lawn most remote from the house is a group 

 of trees, consisting of a Norway spruce in the background, and 

 in front a white birch and a scarlet maple, the lighter green of the 

 deciduous trees contrasting well with the darker foliage of the 

 evergreen. Elsewhere are two other spruces, an American white 

 (Pinus Strobus), Scotch (Pinus Sylvestris), and Austrian pine 

 (Pinus Auslrica), — attractive when only three feet high, and set 

 Bufliciently far apart to grow and develop in all their symmetry 

 and beauty until they attain their natural size. They, with the 

 rock maples and elms planted in the border of the street, also 

 afford shelter from the westerly winds. The buildings give addi- 

 tional shelter to the garden, and obviate the necessity for a Nor- 

 way spruce hedge on the north. 



On the western margin is a hemlock hedge (Abies Canadensis), 

 kept close shaved and low, which, with its peculiar green is an 



