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expression, and such as are beautiful at all times, 

 whether in blossom or not, or they may be of such 

 bulbs or tubers as bring early flowers and disap- 

 pear for the balance of the season, to be replaced 

 with verbenas, pansies, phlox, or other bedding 

 plants. For the former tulips are excellent. 



Where shrubs or small trees with large leaves 

 are grouped with others with smaller ones, put the 

 coarse ones back of the others. For instance if we 

 were to use a snow ball or lilac or both to group 

 with Fl. Almonds or spireas, we would place the 

 former side by side nearly at right angle to the 

 point of view, and the finer ones near them, but 

 closer to the observer. If the view were from two 

 principle directions, then place more of the same 

 style beyond them. 



Grouping, if correctly done, gives a pleasing 

 effect. In this, uniformity of figures should be 

 avoided. Give the appearance of a chance produc- 

 tion. 



Evergreens are of the greatest importance for 

 specimen trees. Unless the grounds are very large 

 we should avoid the large coarse growing ones, 

 like the Scotch pine. For large trees choose the 

 Colorado silver spruce, called blue spruce, too, Picea 

 pungens). It is the most beautiful of all, and very 

 hardy. The Black Hills spruce, too, P. alba, is 

 beautiful, and the next to the pungens, the Nor- 

 way spruce east of the great divide between the 

 great rivers is indispensable, but not so desirable 

 on the Missouri slope. Douglass and Concolor 



