1862. 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



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and the whole filled up to the desired height with the fence, are a tall Purple Lilac and a Tartarean 



the best gravel that can be procured, taking care 

 to make it a little higher in the centre than at the 

 two sides — say a couple of inches in the five feet 

 path — in order that the surface may better shed 

 what water does not soak through into the drain, 

 and finally, the whole may have a finishing coat of 

 blue screened gravel, evenly spread, and well 

 rolled, and with proper care we shall have at all 

 seasons, firm, dry and clean walks. 



The foundation of the ornamental portion is 

 smooth, green lawn, extending to the boundaries 

 on either side, which are hidden by plantations of 

 evergreens and shrubbery, with occasionally a de- 

 ciduous tree introduced to produce a variety, and 

 give character to the whole. They are mostly ar- 

 ranged in irregular clumps, connected together by 

 other shrubs and evergreens, and planted with a 

 view to obtain as great a diversity of outline as 

 possible, and heavy masses of foliage and flowers. 



Honeysuckle. From this clump the range to the 

 stable is as follows : a row of half-a-dozen ever- 

 green trees of good size near the fence — two or 

 three deciduous trees at convenient distances, and 

 between, and forming the clumps, are Purple and 

 White Lilacs, Altheas, Honeysuckles, Syringas, 

 Hawthorns and Laburnums, while the foreground 

 is made up of specimens of the Spirea, Rose Wei- 

 gela, Japan Quince, Pink Mezereum and Fragrant 

 Currant. 



Near the corner of the stable is a group of three 

 or four Evergreens, and between it and the corner 

 of the dwelling-house there is a clump made up 

 of a couple of Firs, an American Mountain Ash, 

 and in tlie shade underneath, heavy plants of the 

 rose-colored Kalmia and Rhododendron. 



In the centre of the lawn is a single specimen of 

 the Larch, which will here have ample room to 

 show its graceful form and light, aiiy foliage to 



from spring to late in the fall. The clump on the the best advantage. 



right of the front gate is composed principally of Returning to the gate, we have on the left a Su- 

 tall growing shrubs and evergreens. In the cor- gar Maple and a Scarlet floviered Hawthorn, sur- 

 ner is an American Mountain Ash, the color of rounded by a white Persian Lilac, a Rose Weige- 

 ■yvhose red berries contrasts well with the heavy i la, a St. Peter's Wreath and a Fragrant Currant. 

 green of the two Norway Spruces, one on each | Beyond this, and close to the fence, is another 



specimen of the Scotch Larch, 

 and a little beyond, a Maple or 

 Tulip, or some other deciduous 

 tree of graceful form. 



In the corner range, we 

 might have first a Venetian 

 Sumac or Fringe Tree — desi- 

 rable on account of its brilliant 

 yellow flowers — and near it 

 one or two plants of the Per- 

 sian Lilac, or white Mezerei«n. 

 A Tulip tree near the corner, 

 forms the central point of this 

 group, while beyond it, and 

 along the side street, are a Sy- 

 ringa, a red Strawberry tree^ a 

 Catalpa, and a mixed Althea, 

 besides a couple of Ever- 

 greens and smaller shrubs to 

 fill up the front. 



Next comes an area of lawn 

 and flowers, with a view across, 

 into the street, from the bay 

 "window, and beyond tliis, ex- 

 tending to the carriage-road, 

 another group is made up of a 

 Larch, a broad-leaved Labur- 

 num, a tall Silver Maple, Per- 

 sian Lilacs, and a trimmed Ar- 

 bor Vitne tree, with a Fragrant Currant and a 

 Double Dwarf Almond in the foreground. 



On the opposite side of the road, we have a 



PLAN OF FIRST FLOOR, WITH GROUNDS 



side or it. Close to the path is a largo, flowering 

 Syringa, and in front some low, bright flowering 

 shrub, such as Rose AVeigcla, Double Tree Peony 

 or Double Dwarf Almond, while farther back near 



Rose Weigela, a white Japan Quince, a tall Ca- 



