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leaved sorts, while for the finer ones Cut leaved 

 birch stands first, but the European white is also 

 very good. The cherry and plum, and sometimes 

 the Whitney Hislop and other crabs are introduced 

 in large grounds with nut trees, butternut, walnut, 

 hickory, etc. , for variety. For a large stately tree 

 nothing equals the elm. 



There are a great variety of the spireas, but the 

 Prunifolia and Van Houtii 1 are the only ones very 

 desirable. The lilac, snow ball and flowering 

 almond, Tartarian honeysuckle, and Mock orange, 

 commonly called syringa, all have their places. 

 The finest flowering tree of all the low growing 

 ones is the prunus Trilobata, bearing dense masses 

 of light red double flowers the size of a quarter. 



Among the climbers are the Red and Yellow 

 honeysuckle, woodbine, wisteria, and clematis. Oi 

 the last named among the best are the Jackmanii, 

 with flowers from 4 to 6 inches across and deep 

 blue, and the J. Alba, much the same but the 

 flowers are pure white. Both are perfectly hardy. 



Among the herbacious plants that are desirable 

 are the peonias, bleeding heart or diacentra and 

 the phloxes. These last have all the shades and 

 bright colors of the Drummondi, but are perpetual 

 and very free bloomers. 



Bulbs and tubers such as tulips, crocuses, hya- 

 cinths and jonquills and many of the lilies, such as 

 Tiger, both double and single, and the Japans, Gold 

 banded and I/ancifolium rubrum and the little lily 

 of the valley (which is not a lily at all) are all 



