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Cedar of Lebanon, or Douglas Fir, carefully placed here 

 and there near the far extremities of the lawn. I would 

 not have even these trees very close. If there is a pleasant 

 view the side belts of trees might fall away from the house 

 in a wide sweep, curve round, and approach each other 

 again, but leave a sufficient opening for a vista. If an 

 unsightly object has to be shut out the trees may come 

 together. 



Flowering trees, preferably standards on six feet stems, 

 should form ti part of every fairly large border, because 

 they will break up the uniformity, as well as give flower 

 or leaf beauty. Rising above the shrubs, they will give a 

 pleasing diversity of outline. They do not rapidly form 

 large heads like forest trees, but spread slowly in a com- 

 pact cluster of branches. Border trees of great beauty 

 are the Double Scarlet Thorn, the Siberian Crab, the 

 Double White Thorn, the Many-flowered Ornamental^ 

 Apple (Pyrus Malus floribunda), the Scotch Laburnum 

 (Laburnum Alpinum), the Double Showy Apple (Pyrus 

 spectabilis flore pleno), the Purple-leaved Plum (Prunus 

 Pissardii), the Almond, the Lilac and the Catalpa. I can 

 think of no more beautiful flowering tree than Pyrus 

 floribunda. The expanded flowers are pale pink, but 

 the buds are bright red. The branches are wreathed in 

 blossom from base to tip. 



Whatever the plan of a garden is to be it is almost 

 always safe to make a wide border beside a main drive or 

 walk, or on the outskirts of a lawn, where it will be in full 

 view from the principal windows. The nucleus of such a 

 border might be made by planting the trees referred to 

 twelve feet apart, and seven or eight feet from the front 

 of the border. Give each tree a strong stake, the base of 

 which is treated with a preservative and driven well down 

 before the tree is put in. Place a band between the stake 



