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The lilac group in front may embrace all the finest varieties of 

 that family — the common white and Charles the Tenth varieties 

 near the centre ; the chionanthus-leaved next towards the house ; 

 the Chinese red, Rothamagensis rubra, next ; the Persian white, 

 Persica alba, next ; the dwarf, Syringa nana, at the point ; and the 

 Chinese purple and white for the two wings of the group. Near the 

 fence we would plant a few common bush honeysuckles, as the 

 dust from the street has a less injurious effect on their foliage than 

 on that of the lilacs. 



The central front group, to the right of the lilac group, may 

 be : — a purple fringe tree nine feet from the fence, and in succes- 

 sion from it, towards the house, the pink-flowering honeysuckle, 

 Lonicera grandifiora, five feet from the fringe tree ; the Deutzia cre- 

 nata rubra, four feet further ; and at the point, the Deutzia gracilis, 

 four feet from the latter. The shrub on the right may be Gordon's 

 flowering currant. 



The single small trees on each side the entrance, twelve feet 

 from the front, and fifteen feet from the middle of the walk, may 

 be, one the weeping silver-fir, and the other the weeping Norway 

 spruce, grown as slenderly as possible. The shrubs towards the 

 fence, under and next to the fir tree on the right, may be hardy 

 varieties of dwarf evergreens or a bed of mahonias. 



The group in the right-hand corner may have at its point 

 towards the house a bed for cannas, or other showy-leaved plants ; 

 next to it the Chinese purple magnolia ; back of that the Magnolia 

 soulangeana, grown low, or a weeping Japan sophOra, and between 

 it and the front, a bed of rhododendrons, or two or three mugho 

 pines ; the projecting shrub on the left to be the dwarf white 

 pine, P. strobus compacta. 



The side border, under and near to the large pine, we would 

 have a bed of rhododendrons ; next to these, towards the street, 

 the evergreen shrub, Cephalotaxus fortunii mascula, and for the point 

 in front of it, the golden yew. Along the fence, above the pine, 

 the border may be composed of the finest collection of hardy ever- 

 green shrubs that the proprietor can afford ; or, if they are too 

 expensive, or too long in developing their beauties, the border may 

 be made almost as satisfactory with common deciduous shrubs. 



