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the young trees as to smotlier or weaken them l)y the hixuriant 

 growth of the former. 



The evergreen group on the right is intended to be made up 

 entirely of firs — hemlocks, Norway and black spruces — mixed in- 

 discriminately, to show as a mass, and not as single specimens. 

 If the proprietor has a desire for rarities in this family, they can 

 be substituted. 



The group on the left, as its symbols show, is intended to be 

 entirely of pines. In the centre, plant a white pine and a Bhotan 

 pine side by side and close together, the former on the south side 

 of the latter. Fifteen feet back of them put in an Austrian pine • 

 towards the front the cembran jDine ) to the extreme right, the 

 dwarf white pine, P. strobtis compacta, and in the spaces between 

 fill with the varieties of the mugho or mountain pine, or with 

 rhododendrons. 



The deciduous group lightly outlined near the right hand 

 corner explains itself. If thriftily grown, the trees there marked 

 should make a beautiful group in summer, and a brilliant one in 

 autumn. 



The pair of trees near the left-hand corner we would ha\e the 

 Kolreuteria pankiilata. 



The hemlock border on the left, opposite the dining-room bay- 

 window, is intended to form a close screen, to grow naturally till 

 the trees occupy from seven to ten feet in width from the fence, 

 when they are to be kept within bounds by pruning. They 

 should be planted about two feet apart. 



Platk IX. 



Pian for a Comer Lot loo x x^o feet, platited in a more elaborate 

 style than t/ie precedi/i^ p/aii. 



In describing the preceding plate, allusion was made to the 

 greater expensiveness of this plan. Premising, therefore, that 

 it is intended for a person who loves his trees and plants, and 

 who can afford to keep a gardener in constant employ, we will 



