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these kinds might be introduced, grouped in kinds. Groups of the cedar, 

 placed in various parts of the park in sudden openings, would be startling, 

 as well as highly pleasing, to the beholder. In a group of five or six, I 

 would plant two as near to each other as four feet, and the rest at various 

 distances of from fifteen to forty feet apart. A group of eight or nine of 

 these trees, with a larch or two in the middle, and a spruce fir, silver fir, or 

 Pinus excelsa, blended iu the group, some of the cedars taking the outside, 

 would have a very imposing effect : or an interesting group might be formed 

 of one cedar of Lebanon and two or three of the Cedrus deodara, the cedar 

 of Lebanon taking the centre. 



The Cedrus deodara is a noble evergreen tree, not so stiff in its habits as 

 its relative, but more elegant and pendent, and, perhaps, if anything, a freer 

 grower. This tree should also be placed in groups where it can be readily 

 seen. Three or four, with a larch, or silver or spruce fir in the centre, would 

 form a pleasing object; or they would form beautiful groups of themselves. 

 Two or three hemlock-spruces, also, would group well with this cedar, if 

 placed on the outside, and so as not to interfere with its elegant form. 



The Common Wild Cherry (Cerasus sylvestris) and the double blossomed 

 Cherry, are beautiful showy trees when in bloom. They may be associated 

 with the cut-leaved hornbeam, maple, holly, and thorn. The wild cherry, 

 being a rapid growing tree, and taller than the others, should take the 

 centre. 



The Three-thorned Acacia (Gleditschia triacanthos) is a pretty, low- 

 growing tree, with pinnated or acacia-like foliage, though rather smaller and 

 more thickly set, and therefore more delicate and beautiful. It is, however, 

 too tender for very exposed situations. It might take the outside of the 

 mountain ash, thorn, or cut-leaved beech. 



The Common Holly (Ilex aqui folium) is a most beautiful, low, evergreen, 

 native tree. It grows low, but its coral berries in winter, and its deep-green 

 glossy leaves at all seasons, give it a pleasing appearance. There is a 

 smoother-leaved kind, of much quicker growth, which is particularly worthy 

 of introduction. These form an appropriate group with the green hedge-hog 

 variety, and may take the outside of the evergreen oak, thorn, maple, or alder ; 

 or a pine may occupy the centre of a group of three or four, — and, in fact, 

 the common holly blends well in a mass of almost any kind of trees. It is, 



