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Lists of Trees.— Through the kindness of some New England friend we 

 have received a pamphlet of the Andover Tree Planting Association, which 

 gives the following lists of trees for special purposes. They ought to be good 

 for southern Michigan : 



1. Twenty good tyres for plantations. — -Sugar maple, black locust, white ash, 

 western catalpa. butternut, black walnut, black cherry, shagbark hickory, 

 western hickory (Carya sulcata), white oak, burr oak, chestnut, beech, hem- 

 lock, white cedar (for swamps), white pine, red pine, pitch pine (for sandy 

 places), Douglas fir, and European larch. 



2. Fifteen good trees for roadsides. — Sugar maple, white ash, basswood, 

 white elm, shagbark hickory, white oak, chestnut oak, scarlet oak, black oak, 

 chestnut, European elm (for city streets), Dutch elm (Ulmus Montana), 

 Norway maple, silver poplar (near the ocean), and white willow (damp places 

 and seashore). 



3. Thirty good trees for burns, parks, and single specimens. — Cucumber, 

 magnolia, tulip tree, buckeye, white maple (near water), red maple (for low 

 lands), American crabapple, Kentucky coffee tree, western catalpa, peperidge, 

 sassafras, Michigan ash (Fraxinus quadrangulata). slippery elm, rock elm, 

 oaks of various species, hop hornbeam, canoe birch, red pine, hemlock, white 

 spruce, blue spruce, Douglas fir, yellow Rocky Mountain pine, (Pinus pou- 

 derosa, var. Scopulorum), white mulberry, horse chestnut, Turkey oak, 

 Pinus densiflora (from Japan), Gingko, Oriental spruce, Xordmann's fir, 

 European larch. 



4. Twenty good trees of lesser growth for small places and yards. — -Magnolias 

 (American and Chinese species), yellow wood, Judas tree thorns (several 

 American species), silver bell tree, Virginia fringe. Chinquapin, white birch, 

 Chinese Tamarisk, fragrant maple (Acer Tartaricum, var. Ginnala), Japanese 

 maples, flowering apple (Pyrus Spectabilis , Caragana Arborescens, striped 

 maple, round-leaved maple, field maple (Acer campestro), shining willow 

 (Salix Lucida), Retinospora (in variety).. Chinese cedar. 



BUILDIN' 



Corners of the House. — Why must we always have the corners or our 

 houses established so as to have the front exactly parallel with the line of the 

 highway ? There is enough utility and beauty sacrificed in the stereotyped 

 plan of pushing a road through every hill that comes in the way. at no end of* 

 expense, when often a very slight detour would accomplish every purpose, with- 

 out compelling us all to locate our houses perpendicular to it, regardless of 

 surroundings. Architects rack their brains to secure a reasonable varietv in 

 their structures and sunlight in all the rooms, when a half turn of the house, 

 so as to bring an angle to the road, would simplify the matter amazingly. How 

 nicely oftentimes the windows could be adapted to the best views in the dis- 

 tance, and how much more satisfactory the approaches to the residence could 

 be arranged. But who dares to defy the custom of our fathers? — S. Q. />"/>/. 



