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expression, the best adornment is with groups of trees or shrubs 

 found to thrive in the locality, either naturally or ])y art. 

 Simplicity of design and economy of maintenance are essential 

 conditions too often overlooked. If possible, ornamental water 

 should be a feature, as no landscape is complete without ponds 

 and bridges. Fountains and jets often are exceedingly beauti- 

 ful, commending themselves to the well-trained eyes of practical 

 people. 



Now then, what are some of the best trees and shrubs to 

 plant, for the development of landscape is always commensurate 

 with the advancement of the most cultivated thinkers and gen- 

 eral knowledge between numbers of men engaged in this pursuit? 



The maples, both indigenous and exotic, comprise many sorts. 

 Indeed, there is no family of trees more extensively planted or 

 that gives greater satisfaction. Their shapely form and variety 

 of foliage, with most exquisite coloring, renders them popular. 

 Among the Norway fomily of maples the Schwedlerii is proving 

 a great acquisition, with its robust habit of growth, large and 

 luxuriant leaf opening in spring a bright crimson, unlike any 

 other maple in its season, in autumn turning to a delicate 

 bronze, in happy contrast with the autumnal tint of other trees. 



Then there is the Reitenbachi, almost the exact counterpart 

 of the Schwedlerii, opening green in spring and gradually 

 turning to bright crimson in autumn. 



The Geneva, a native of this country, of the Norway type, 

 comes out a rich crimson purple in spring, retaining its color 

 through the season. 



The Sycamore maple, variety Pupuria, is of vigorous habit. 

 The leaves arc a fine green on the upper side and colored purple 

 on the under side, a beautiful tree in a gentle wind. 



The Ginnala is a charming maple of shrubby growth, with 

 deeply cut leaves and intensely bright crimson in autumn. 



I have growing on my place eighteen sorts of maples, giving 

 great variety of form and coloring. 



We have no more impressive tree than the oak, often retain- 

 ing its foliage during the winter. They are more difficult of 

 transplanting than the Maple. They require hard pruning when 



