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ivy is always most beautiful. From the hemlock arch to a point 

 twenty feet from the fence, plant with tree-box, niahonias, and 

 rhododendrons, set two and a half feet from the fence ; then a 

 concave bed ten feet long is devoted to bulbous flowering-plants 

 and annuals ; the next ten feet to be occupied by the pink and the 

 red-flowered tree honeysuckles six feet apart, with the fragrant 

 jasmine between them ; the next ten feet in flowers as before ; the 

 next to be occupied by the Dcutzia crcnata alba and the Dcutzia 

 crenata rubra Jlore plena, six feet apart, with the Dcutzia gracilis 

 between them ; the next, flowers ; and the last group of shrubs to 

 be the Lilac rothinageiisis and the Weigcla rosea six feet apart, 

 with the Spirca calosa alba between and the golden yew, Taxus 

 aurea, beyond; — closing the planting on that side. On the veranda- 

 posts five different vines may be trained ; on the fence in front of 

 them nothing better can be done than to cover it with Irish ivy, or 

 such low-growing annual vines, on cords or wires, as will make the 

 best wall of leaves and flowers during the summer, and which can 

 be readily cleared away before winter. Beyond the veranda, on 

 the left, is a place for a group of shrubs of anything that the lady 

 of the house fancies. The evergreen at the end of the narrow 

 walk around the veranda should be some tall and handsome tree. 

 If the soil is sandy, the white-pine kept well trimmed will make a 

 fine mass of evergreen verdure the most quickly. In a climate not 

 more rigorous than that of Philadelphia, the Lawson cypress, C. 

 lawsoniana, is a good tree for the place ; further north, the 

 pyramidal spruce, Abies excclsa pyramidata, a slender, vigorous, and 

 peculiar variety of the Norway spruce, will answer well ; and so 

 will a Bartlett or Seckel pear tree, or any good cherry tree. The 

 evergreen, however, makes the best back-ground setting for the 

 house. By planting an evergreen on each side the walk, at that 

 point, an arch may eventually be cut under them to form a vista 

 from the veranda into the garden. This purpose may be most 

 quickly effected with white-pines or hemlocks. 



The embellishment of the walk-border by the other mode, as 

 shown on the plan B, may be done as follows : the border of ivy 

 along the fence or wall, and the principal shrubs for twenty feet 

 next the front, may be the same as on the first plan ; but all the 



