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Near the arch ^jpterlng the garden, two Bartlett pear trees may be 

 substituted for them ; but in this case the grape vines on the 

 trellis will be rendered barren as soon as the trees grow to shade 

 them. As the pear trees will probably furnish the most valuable 

 crop and form a not inappropriate feature, there will be no impro- 

 priety in using them. The plants for the side of the house will 

 depend somewhat on its exposure. The following list will do for 

 any but a north exposure. From c, back to the bay-window, a 

 selection of the finest low-growing monthly roses, alternated with 

 Salvia fulgens or splendens, or with any of a thousand beautiful 

 annuals or perennials of low compact growth. At the inner angle 

 of the bay-window a group of five rhododendrons ; R. grandiflorum 

 in the corner, and four of the best dwarf sorts around it, will be 

 appropriate. If the exposure of this wall is to the north, we would 

 cover it with the superb native of our woods, the Virginia creeper 

 or American ivy. At s, the old bush honeysuckle, Lonicera tar- 

 tarica. Under the middle window of the bay make a narrow bed 

 for mignonette and heliotrope. At /, the Deutzia crenata alba and 

 crenata rubra flore plena planted side by side so as to intermingle 

 their growth ; at u, the lilac S. rothmagensis ; at w, the variegated- 

 leaved tree-box ; at x, Spireas reevesi flore plena and callosa, together ; 

 at y, the Weigela rosea. This completes a selection for this lawn- 

 border. Different selections as good or better may doubtless be 

 made by persons versed in such matters. While the evergreens 

 recommended for the right-hand border are small, tall gay-blos- 

 somed plants may be used to fill the bed. If the occupant desires 

 a quick and showy return for his planting, the evergreen shrubs 

 which we have named for this fence-border may be too slow in 

 their growth to suit ; and the fine varieties of lilacs, honeysuckles, 

 weigelas, deutzias, spireas, syringasj and snow-balls may be sub- 

 stituted. 



The veranda that opens from the dining-room has some flowers- 

 at its base, vines on its posts, a lilac-bush at z on the right of the 

 steps, and a compact hedge of Siberian arbor-vitaes on the left to 

 screen the kitchen-yard from obsei;vation. The trees near the 

 gate may in time be made to overarch it. The grape-trellis 

 should finish with an arch over this entrance to the garden. The 



