•ifl ANNUAL REPORT OF THE Off. Doc. 



ous trees of cleanly habits, sufficiently diversified in variety to 

 avoid sameness and sufficiently dissimilar in foliage to furnisli con- 

 trast, the size of the lawn and character of buildings, the outlook 

 and elevation will suggest the number of trees required. The 

 beechs, American, European and Purple-Leaved, the American white 

 ash, lindens, American, European Silver-leaved Norway, Sugar and 

 Sycamore maple, Oriental buttonwood and oaks in variety, includ- 

 ing Red, Scarlet, Pin and White oaks, are all desirable and specially 

 adapted for such planting, while an occasional chestnut or walnut 

 suggests not old shade but other pleasure as time advances. 



The shade of a lawn having been ])rovided, the balance of the 

 planting is ornamentation and should include as great an assort- 

 ment of evergreen and shrub (iffects as space will permit without 

 overcrowding. The selection of choice evergreens for a lawn is a 

 pleasure to the admirer of this class of trees. The diversity in 

 character, form, habit, growth, and foliage is charming, and the 

 choice of specimens adapted to each nook in the lawn is a study 

 enjoyed by the true lover of horticulture. The stately Picea and 

 Abies families, including the Norways, European and Xordmann's 

 Silver fir and that beautiful Glaucous foliage acquisition of the 

 Rockies, the Colorado Blue spruce and their various allied relatives, 

 together with numerous varieties of pines, offer a choice combine 

 from which to obtain trees of medium to large growth, which can be 

 planted singly as specimens, or interspersed with the deciduous 

 trees already selected. The smaller growing evergreens include the 

 dwarf arborvitaes, hemlocks, dwarf spruce, junipers and the large 

 family of Retinosporas, with their striking and varied colored fo- 

 liage. Ail these provide rare novelties for planting singly, in groups 

 or on borders in connection with shrubs, grasses, etc. 



The evergreen effect is charming, whether viewed in all the various 

 shades of a luxuriant spring growth, later when they have attained 

 their autumn maturity, or in the winter when covered with the 

 newly fallen snow. No planting is complete that does not include 

 a goodly number of flowering shrubs and climbing vines. The 

 former, when wisely selected and judiciously arranged, can be made 

 to present an attractive feature of the lawn the entire season. 

 Bloom alone is not the only recommendation to many shrubs. The 

 variety and contrast in color of foliage is very striking and adds to 

 the bloom effect. 



The names of the desirable acquisitions in this class may be said 

 to be legion and too numerous to mention here. 



The vines must not be forgotten. Where an old stump or other 

 desirable location can be found, they should be used freely, as well 

 as around the porches and trellises. The sloping banks may be pre- 

 vented by washing aiul made to blossom as a rose by planting the 



