18 PRACTICAL FLORICULTURE. 



rear, the Venetian Sumac, Cercis Siliquastrum, and Cercia 

 Canadensis, Double White and Red Flowering Thorns, 

 American Mountain Ash, etc., etc., but no larger trees. 



In the second row there might be planted (alternately) 

 the Purple Hazel (or Filbert), the Halesia tetraptera, 

 some Philadelphus, Euonymus, and Rose of Sharon. 



In the third row, still smaller sorts, closing down to the 

 edging, such as the Purple Barberry, Hypericum Kalmia- 

 num, Daphne JVIezereum, Cotoneasters, Prunus Sinensis, 

 and Prunus triloba. Herbaceous Plants, like Peonies, 

 Iris, Phloxes, etc., etc., may be added, too, to great ad- 

 vantage. 



At 23, the group near the front fence must be stocked 

 with such shrubs as will prevent outsiders from troubling 

 the privacy of the place, but low enough to allow the in- 

 mates to see the street from the piazza or first floor. 



The following plants may best answer, viz. : Spiraea 

 Reevesii fl. pleno, Spiraea prunifolia, and Spiraea callosa, 

 Deutzia crenata fl. pleno, Crataegus Pyracantha (near each 

 gate), and in front of these, towards the house, Hypericum 

 Kalmianum, Deutzia gracilis, Spiraea Fortunii, and some 

 herbaceous plants. 24, a corner group, ought to be filled 

 in the rear with one or two Virgilia lutea, and in front of 

 these there should be some five or six JEsculus macro- 

 stachya, a shrub of a remarkable fine effect. 



At 25 and 26, the two small groups could be employed 

 for Hydrangeas. 27 and 28 require, to hide the hen- 

 yard, some taller shrubs of the following sort : the Cali- 

 fornian Privet, some Lilacs, and the Golden Elder (Sambu- 

 cus nigra aurea.) 



The small border, 29, may be employed for some 

 espaliers of Pears, Apricots, or Medlars. 



30 is intended for flower-beds, arranged in the most 

 simple way, and which ought to be filled in the fall with 

 Dutch bulbs for the spring season, and in summer with 

 fine selected bedding plants, of very distinct colors, but 



