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small size as shown near the front corner of the veranda ; for which 

 place we recommend the Magfiolia inachrophylla. The two small 

 trees near the corners of the front bay-window, may be the catalpas 

 himalayensis and koempferi ; and the isolated tree nearest the 

 street, the white-flowered magnolia {conspicua\ or a single fine 

 specimen of weigela, deutzia, lilac, viburnum, or honeysuckle. 

 The gateway arch should be of hemlock, with evergreen under- 

 shrubs near it. 



On lot 2, but two trees are shown in front of the house. These 

 are twenty feet in front of the main house corners. Of rapid grow- 

 ing deciduous trees for this place, none are better adapted than the 

 w-eeping birches \ of those of slower growth, the double white-flowered 

 horse-chestnut ; or of evergreens, the weeping Norway spruce and 

 weeping silver-fir. The gateway arch should be made with hem- 

 locks. 



Lot 4 has also two trees in front of the corners of the veranda. 

 These being but eight feet from the latter, should be of some 

 species which makes clean stems of sufiicient height to carry their 

 branches over its roof, in order not to darken and obstruct the out- 

 look from the veranda. For this the ginkgo tree, most of the 

 birches, and the scarlet oak are well adapted. But if it is desired 

 to have the veranda deeply shaded, and somewhat secluded by 

 foliage in summer, then the magnolias soulangeana or cordata, or 

 almost any of the hard maples and horse-chestnuts, or the beeches 

 and lindens, will do. We decidedly prefer deciduous trees to ever- 

 greens, in places so near the pleasantest outlooks from the house 

 as these trees are located ; for the reasons that their shadows are 

 broader and more useful in summer, and by dropping their leaves 

 in autumn, they relieve us in winter of a shade that would be 

 needless and sombre. 



