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Cercis canadensis ; at f^ Magnolia conspicua ; at g, Magnolia inach- 

 rophylla ; at //, a mass of hemlocks; at /, a pair of weeping Japan 

 sophoras ; and behind them the white-flowering dogwood, the 

 broad-leaved euonymus, and the variegated-leaved elder ; at j, a 

 Norway spruce in front of a hemlock hedge ; at k (near the front 

 veranda), a dwarf white pine in the centre, the Hudson's Bay fir on 

 one side, and the dwarf silver-fir, Picea pedinata compacta, on the 

 other. While these are small, fill in between them with low com- 

 pact rhododendrons. At / and m, Austrian pines headed back 

 from time to time to force a dense growth ; at n, fi, n, a belt of 

 hemlocks and arbor-vitaes ; o, Sargent's hemlock ; p, the weeping 

 juniper, y. oblonga pendula, or the Indian catalpa. The shrubbery 

 adjoining the house on the east side may be composed largely of 

 rhododendrons ; on the west side, of shrubs and bedding-plants 

 that flourish in great light and heat. 



The rose-bed adjoining the front middle group may be omitted 

 without detriment to the plan, and a smaller rose-bed made in the 

 triangle formed by the intersecting branches of the carriage-road, 

 where a vase is marked, for which a rose-post may be substituted. 

 Besides the climbing roses to be planted one on each side of the 

 post, there will be room in this triangle for three compact rose- 

 bushes. 



The flower-beds and vases shown on the plan need no explana- 

 tion to the intelligent reader. 



We desire to call the reader's attention to the fact that this 

 house-plan, and the size and form of the lot, are precisely the same 

 as in Plate XVII, following ; but the lots have different exposures, 

 the houses are placed quite differently on them, and the ground 

 designs are totally changed to suit the ' circumstances. A com- 

 parison of the two is a good study. 



