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side veranda. Through this a pretty perspective down the garden- 

 walk will be seen. More space being devoted to lawn in the rear 

 of this house than on the preceding plan, three cherry trees are 

 introduced there. 



The best frontage for this place would be to the north, giving 

 the open side of the house an eastern exposure. A front to the 

 east or the south would not be objectionable, as the side lawn and 

 lookout from the house would still be sunny ; but if the house were 

 to front to the west, then the open side would be to the north 

 an uncheerful exposure, that ought to be avoided where possible. 



The verdant embellishment for the ground may be as follows: 

 first, four vases filled with flowers, two by the side of the main 

 steps, and two on the area coping. The former should be the 

 more elegant forms. At a, is an Irish juniper (which should be set 

 a foot or two farther from the walk) ; at b, a group consisting of 

 a Lilac rothamagensis in the middle, and the double white and 

 double pink-flowering deutzias on each side of it ; or of the Weigela 

 amabalis in the centre, with the common tartarian bush honey- 

 suckle on one side, and the pink-flowering deutzia on the other. 

 These are expected to expand freely over the fence and sidewalk. 

 At c, Sargent's hemlock ; at d, a weeping Norway spruce (inverta) ; 

 at e, a dwarf white pine (compacta) ; at f, the erect yew, Taxus 

 erecta ; g, g, Parson's arbor-vitae and the golden yew ; at ^, the 

 weeping silver-fir, Picea p. pendula ; at i, the Japan podocarpus, 

 in the climate of Cincinnati, and the golden arbor-vitae farther 

 north. At j, another weeping Norway spruce ; at k, the Cephalo- 

 taxus fortunii mascula nearest the street, and the weeping arbor-vitae 

 on the side towards the house. At /, Nordmanns fir, Picea nord- 

 maniana ; from / to o, a screen of Sargent's hemlock ; m, weeping 

 juniper, J. oblonga pendula; n, Siberian arbor-vitas ; o, the pendu- 

 lous red-cedar, y. virginiana pendula ; /, the weeping silver-fir ; 

 q, the weeping Norway spruce, Abies e. inverta. A hemlock 

 screen to be continued along the street line from q across the walk, 

 so that the two trees nearest the gate may in time form an arch 

 over it. At r, near the front of the house, may be the dwarf 

 Hudson's Bay fir, Picea hudsonica, or the low dwarf silver-fir, Picea 

 pectinata compacta, or the slender Irish juniper. The shrubs near 



