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beautiful of the flowers borne by our shrubs. To 

 thicken the growth of such a windbreak or to make 

 more beautiful the frontage, I would use with great 

 freedom the Japan quince. This shrub occurs in 

 red, white and pink flowers. The fruit is often quite 

 abundant later in the season and is of the very highest 

 quality for making jelly. It is also very valuable 

 as a perfume in drawers of clothes. It will send out 

 a rich fragrance for years without rotting. I would 

 suggest for an ornamental windbreak, a background 

 of hemlock or arbor-vitae, with a row of thorns, 

 fronted by a third row of Japan quince. Our gar- 

 den quince, where it is entirely hardy, is also a really 

 admirable plant for hedge or windbreak. Its growth 

 is irregular, but it can be very easily controlled. 



There is some appropriate demand in our orna- 

 mental grounds for shelters or hedges of double lines, 

 through which we shall have sheltered walks leading 

 to sheltered seats. We have several small-growing 

 trees suited to this purpose. Among the best are 

 the weeping elm, the sassafras, the Judas tree and 

 the wild apples. A densely covered walk of the 

 latter, run over with wild grapes, makes a remark- 

 ably cool retreat in summer and warm in winter. 

 Scott, in his "Beautiful Homes," recommends the 

 sassafras, cutting back the top, and compelling an 

 umbrella form, until the trees weave their tops to- 

 gether to make a complete canopy to cover as much 

 space as you please. The mulberry can be compelled 

 with ease to take on a similar growth. The Judas 

 tree is equally good, and a double row of these, arched 

 together, is a wonderfully fine sight in spring when, 

 before leaves appear, the whole is a mass of bloom. 



