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trees on each side add much to the effect. Soft maple, cottonwood, 

 Lombardy poplar or the willow are much used. Of these I think I 

 prefer the maple. Chas. A. Green, of Rochester, N. Y., claims the 

 Early Richmond cherry makes the prettiest driveway and adds the 

 advantage of giving a handsome revenue to the owner. The cherry, 

 Morello and Ostheim, with me is a very pretty tree. In spring the 

 blossom time is charming, in fruit time the tree is gorgeous and 

 tempting, and from early spring to very late in fall the foliage is 

 beyond compare, holding the rich deep green longer than any other 

 tree I have noticed. When one wants to hide some defect in scenery 

 the evergreen is useful and beautiful. 



Shade trees, hedges and shrubbery play an important part in 

 ornamentation, and great taste can be displayed in their arrange- 

 ment. 



I think one of the most common mistakes of private grounds 

 is in the profusion and indiscriminate planting of such trees that 

 when they attain their growth or even a small part of it they com- 

 pletely shade or hide the buildings and make of them a dark, gloomy 

 and many times a very unhealthy place. I think a really beautiful 

 home must have sunshine. If shrubs and plants are arranged in 

 , groups around the buildings and the large shade trees so planted 

 that they cannot form a complete and continuous shade, the effect in 

 many instances would be much improved. 



One is always supposed to aim for what will bring to him the 

 greatest amount of happiness, and if private grounds are to yield 

 happiness they must possess some of the elements of which happi- 

 ness is made. Every part of the grounds should be made to con- 

 tribute to the end in view, beauty and comfort. The details of all 

 places must be worked out by the owner. The problem is to make 

 a beautiful place and not to see how much can be crowded in or 

 how much can be left out, but out of each and all the parts to create 

 a symmetrical and harmonious whole. The buildings should be in the 

 right place to obtain the best views ; the rich lawn should have 

 groups of flowers, plants and shrubs so arranged as to make a 

 changeable view as you move from point to point; driveways, trees, 

 plants and shrubs so arranged as to conceal and yet reveal the archi- 

 tectural beauties of the buildings ; flowers chosen to secure a con- 

 tinuous season of blossoms and harmonious shades ; shrubbery so 

 selected that if any one of them was left out it would break the 

 chain of shade or contrast, or a feeling of the fitness of things. Let 

 simplicity take the place of confusion, all of the beautiful be opened 

 up and the unsightly shut out. Let all these be done, and whether 

 the home be a cottage or a palace it will be a place of beauty and a 

 joy forever. 



