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THE BEAUTIFUL WISTERIA. 

 Figure 10. May, 1914. American wisteria shown in all the glory of its beautiful lilac-purple blooms. It is a mass of beauty. A light second crop of 

 blooms comes in late summer and a scattering cluster in the late fall. This seeds very freely. It is one of the best of all climbers for a pergola or 

 arbor cover and is perfectly hardy here. T^e flowers next to the house are the climbing rose, Tausenschoon. 



DOUBLE FIX)WERING CRAB. 

 Figure 11. May, 1915. This is the most beautiful of all the double flowering crabs, known as the Bechtel Double Flowering. The flowers come in 

 clusters, and each one resembles a small she II -pink rose. The fragrance is exquisite. The tree never fails to give a big crop of blooms and is a 

 veritable bouquet. This one was planted in 1909. It is hardy and will stand any exposure in this latitude. 



THE WINDBRAKE. 

 Figure 12. June, 1915. The evergreen windbrake planted in 1909. The tree at the right is a Colorado blue spruce of a gorgeous silvery liue in spring 

 when it puts on its new costume. Next to it is a Norway spruce; then come tlie Lawson cypress, Nordman fir, white spruce and another Norway 

 spruce. The white spruce is the most vigorous grower of the lot. Lawson cypress is also tall and vigorous, and the others are all lusty growers. 

 Three years after this picture was taken the limbs were touching in places and the tallest trees were ahout 20 feet high. The trees beyond the ever- 

 greens belong to a neighbor. 



THE BACK WALK 

 Figure 13. June, 1915. Looking from the back porch north along the back walk also shown in Figure 8. At the left of the walk are three of the ever- 

 greens shown at the right in Figure 12, the nearest one at the left being Nordman fir, the next Norway spruce and one with the light-colored top 

 Colorado blue spruce. At the right are the native trees and shrubs shown from the opposite side in Figure 14. Beginning at tlve right a<"e two red 

 cedars, then a couple of sweet gums with star-shaped leaves, then a native crab and a large spreading choke cherry. These plants were carried 

 in from the fields and woods in 1909 and later years. The automobile drive is between the walk and the evergreens as shown in Figure 8. 



JUST AN ODD CORNER. 

 Figure 14. June, 1918. The wild corner. The background is the opposite or east side of cedars, sweet gums, etc., shown in Figure 13. From left 

 to right there are cedars, sweet gums, more cedars, native crab apple, Spanish oak, choke cherry (the large tree in tlie right center), native scrub 

 pines, these being really in front of the choke cherry. The other trees in the background at the right are across the street. In front of the pines 

 and choke cherry are sever.Tl small holly trees which produce an abundance of berries for holiday decorations. There is also a strawberry bush 

 (euonymous Americana), with gorgeous seed pods between the gums and cedars. The low plants to thfe left of the center in front of the cedars are 

 mountain laurel, shown in bloom in Figure 15. At the right the large bed is the Japanese rose (ro^a rugosa). The north end of the pebble dash 

 house is nearly covered with English ivy. This ivy does not succeed in any other exposure. In tlie spring it forms many clusters of pale greenish 

 waxy flowers. The single shrub near the house is the holly -leaved barberry (Berber is neubertii). 



NOTHING ELSE NEEDED 

 Figure 15, June. 1915. Mountain laurel (Kalmia latifolia). in all the beauty and glory of its native heath, with a background of red cedar, choke 

 cherry and scrub pine part of the wild group shown in Figure 14. These get the morning sun, but not much afternoon sun. They are as contented 

 and happy here as though they were still iu the wild woods. 



THE NORTH END. 

 Figure Ifl. May, 19IS. Native azalea or bush honeysuckle (Azalea nudiflora), next to the north end of the nouse. These bloom as freely and beau- 

 tifully as their wild sisters. They do not miss the freedom of the woods nor pine to reMjm. Only the early morning sun strikes them. The back- 

 ground is English ivy on the foundation wall. 



[All pictures were taken by Mr. C. P. Close-] 



