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HAND-BOOK OF PRACTICAL 



1— Double White Flowering Horse Chestnut. 



2— Purple leaved Elm (Var. Stricta Pur- 

 purea.) 



3 — Purple-leaved Maple. 



4— Red Flowering Horse Chestnut. 



5— Birch (Var. Alba Fastigiata.) 



6— Elm (Var. Campestris Pyramidalts.) 



7 — American White Spruce. 



8— American Ri d Spruce. 



9— Austrian Pine. 

 10— White or Weymouth Pine. 

 11 — Norway Spruce. 

 12— Red Bird or Judas Tree. 

 13— Euonymua or Strawberry Tree. 

 14— Purple Fringe. 

 15— Bladder Senna or Colutea. 

 16 — Koelreuteria. 

 17— Scotch Laburnum. 

 18— Magnolia Purpurea. - 



10— Double Flowering Plum. 

 20— Snow Drop or Silver Bell (Halesia Tet- 



raptera.) 

 21-^Hydrangea Panieulata. 

 22— Scarlet Japan Quince. 

 23 — Syringa Gordoniana. 

 34— Forsythia Viridissima. 

 23 — Gordon's Flowering Currant. 

 26 — Persian and Chinese Lilacs, each two 



feet apart. 

 27 — Dentzias of varieties, with Daphne 

 Mezereon, the latter and Deutzia Gracilis being 

 in the front. 



20— Upright Honeysuckles, Clethra, Stuartia 

 and Calycanthns are to fill this group. Place 

 the strongest growers in the rear. 

 29 — Spireas, both shrubs and herbaceous. 

 30— Flowering Lilies, Tulips, Hyacinths, 



Tube Roses, etc. 

 31 — Weigelas of varieties. 

 32-TnlipTree. 

 33— Pinus Mugho. 

 34 — Juniperus Squamata. 

 35— Pinus Pumilio. 

 36 — Corsican or Norway Red Pine. 

 37 — Cembrian Pine. 

 38, 38— Norway Spruces. 

 39— Cut-leaved Weeping Birch. 

 40— Scotch Pine. 

 41 — Magnolia Soulangeana. 

 42 — Magnolia Glauca. 

 43 — Rockport Cherry. 

 44— Elton Cherry. 



45— Early Purple Guigne Cherry. 



46 — Early Richmond Cherry. 



47 — Black Tartarian Cherry. 



48— Red Jacket Cherry. 



49— Dwarf Apple, variety Tetof sky on Para - 

 dise Stock. 



^^— This indicates the position of L»warf 



""^ Pears. Varieties to suit the planter. 



j|pp— These indicate positions for grapes. 

 Varieties to please the owner. 



Gooseberries and Currants may be planted, if 

 desired, under the shade of the Cherries, 

 being careful not to plant nearer than sis 

 feet from the bodies of the trees. 



50, 50— The two beds in front of the porch 

 should have the front line planted with 

 Juniperus Eepcns, then immediately back 

 of that, at a distance of one foot from the 

 plants of Repent, plant the Juniperus 

 Nana. Then fill the balance with one 

 plant each of the following named varie 

 ties of Dwarf Evergreens, giving each 

 plant a distance of two feet, from its 

 neighbor : Thuja EHcoides, Tom Thumb, 

 Biota Compacta, Aurea and Pygmea, 

 Abies Excelsa Elegans, Gregorii, Excelsa, 

 Mucronata and Tortuosa Compacta. Dwarf 

 Hemlock, {Canadensis Nana.) the Yew, 

 (Taxus Adpressa and Ericrides.) then 

 Mahonia Aqvifolia. Berberis Darwinii, 

 Tree Box, Cottou Taster and Evergreen 

 Thorn, Cratagus Pyracantha. At each 

 post of the porch wires should be placed 

 six inches out from them, and one vine 

 each of the following climbers, planted 

 and trained the:e, viz. : American Ivy, 

 Clematis Virginiana, Wistaria Sinensis 

 and Lonlcera Hallieana. 



51 — Plant with Geraniums, Heliotropes, Lan- 

 tanas and other tender flowering plants 

 for the summer. Have ready to take 

 from a place in the rear ground some 

 small plants of Evergreens and place 

 them here for the winter, or obtain lead- 

 ing stems from the tops or branches of 

 old Evergreen'trees and stick them in the 

 earth to show a green feature during the 

 winter. 



52, 52— These two beds are designed for 

 ever blooming roses. They should be 

 planted 18 inches to two feet apart, 

 according to their habit of growth. 



