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blue spruce and black hills spruce that are especially adapted 

 for lawn planting. 



The Cut Leaved Weeping Birch easily stands at the head 

 of all trees for planting upon the lawn. It grows rather rapidly 

 while young but never attains very great size. It should be 

 planted where other trees will not crowd it and where the 

 branches may be allowed to droop to the ground. On account 

 oi its rich and elegant appearance it must be planted very spar- 

 ingly, not more than two or three trees upon small grounds. 



The Mountain Ash is another tree of great beauty. Its rich 

 dark foliage and bright red berries give it a very striking appear- 

 ance. It is perfectly hardy but somewhat liable to sunscald mak- 

 ing protection of the trunk necessary in very exposed places. 

 Like the birch is should be planted sparingly. 



The Colorado Blue Spruce is the most striking of all ever- 

 greens on account of its silvery blue color. It is hardy in northern 

 latitudes, but should have some protection against south winds 

 as indeed all evergreens should. It grows into symmetrical form 

 and because of its acknowledged beauty should be generally planted. 



The Red Cedar is one of the hardiest of the evergreens, 

 growing wild in the western portion of the state. It starts rather 

 slowly, but soon grows about a foot a year becoming a compact 

 and very ornamental tree. 



The Black Hills Spruce is a form of the White Spruce but 

 often closely resembles the blue spruce in color. It is very 

 hardy and desirable. 



Of ornamental shrubs the Common and Persian Liliac, Snow- 

 ball, Tartartarian Honeysuckle. Barberry, Red Dogwood, Burning 

 Bush, Ninebark, Spirea (Van Houtii,) Juneberry, Choke Cherry, 

 Buckthorn, Whitethorn, Buffalo Berry, Golden Currant, Elder- 

 terry (black,) Eed Berried Elder, Sumac and the Eugosa Eoses 

 are all easily grown and very ornamental. 



They should be grown for the most part in clumps or masses 

 close about the porch and sides of the house to relieve the bare- 

 ness of the building and also where walks diverge or curve, or 

 against the larger trees to hide the trunks. Shrubs give a rich 

 and soft aspect that cannot be attained by other forms of plant- 

 ing. 



