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viasaila. The pine tree in the right-hand corner may be an 

 Austrian, taking care to select one of short dense growth. 

 Between it and the corner fill in with a mass of assorted rhodo- 

 dendrons, or with such shrubs as bush honeysuckles, deutzias of 

 the smaller sorts, the common syringa, purple berberry, variegated 

 elder, etc. The single tree in the middle of the front may be the 

 weeping Japan sophora, the Judas tree (Cercis canadensis), or a 

 neatly grown specimen of the white-flowering dogwood {Conms 

 florida). The two small trees marked on the plan lo feet in 

 front of each front corner of the house should be the two slender 

 weeping firs, the Abies excelsa inverta and the Picea pedinata pen- 

 duia, which will in time form a graceful flanking for the bay- 

 window, and point the two groups of fragrant-blossomed deciduous 

 shrubs shown on each side of it. The shrubbery shown between 

 the walk and the main side veranda and its column vines should be 

 entirely composed of bedding plants of rich foliage and successive 

 bloom, which can be cleared away late in autumn. The remainder 

 of the plan is so like that for Plate V, that no further designation 

 of trees and shrubs need be made. A planter who is familiar with 

 the dimensions and qualities of trees and shrubs may make a 

 different choice, perhaps improve on those here named, and give 

 another character to the place. The gateway entrance, for in- 

 stance, may be bordered by low-growing umbelliferous trees like 

 the Judas tree, the weeping sophora, the Scamston elm, the sassa- 

 fras, or the Kolreuteria panicidata, of which any two would soon 

 grow to form a natural arch. The use of any of these trees will 

 not prevent the planting, under them, of those small evergreens 

 like the ivy, the box-wood, and some others which flourish in par- 

 tial shade. Or, some of the trees mentioned in Chapter XIV for 

 artificial arches, ma}^ be employed in the same place instead of the 

 groups of low evergreen shrubs, or the trees just named. The 

 pine trees which are shown on the plan (if, as before remarked, 

 the soil is congenial to them), in connection with the other ever- 

 greens, in the course often years would give an evergreen character 

 to the outer limits of the lot without trespassing too much on the 

 lawn space ; and although a repetition of the same species of tree 

 is not usually desirable on a small lot, the white pine unites so 



