TWO COUNTRY-PLACES 



of hemlocks. The theory of the planting of ever- 

 greens is to shut in the coldest exposure of the 

 place and give it greenness of color the season 

 through and the sense of warmth in winter. 

 Following the most approved practice, almost all 

 the evergreens on this place are in one great mass 

 or series of groups blending one into the other. 



It might be well to point out that in this partic- 

 ular situation some considerable length of factory 

 buildings thrusts its ugliness into the view of nearly 

 the entire area of the landscape treated. To shut 

 out this objectionable feature as quickly as possible 

 a number of white willows were planted, and 

 mingled with them were a few of the red-stemmed 

 kind. These willows were intended to grow 

 rapidly to a great height and then to be removed 

 when the evergreens had grown to sufficient size 

 to screen the place satisfactorily. 



The majority of the evergreens used were 

 white pines, Douglas spruce, Colorado or blue 

 spruce, the Oriental spruce, and Alcock's spruce, 

 all of which are hardy, compact, and in the course 

 of years attain great size. 



Extending all along the fence bordering the 

 highway clear to the house are irregular groups 

 of shrubbery disposed in bays and points of 

 foliage so as to give a park-like effect. These 

 shrubs are dwarf barberries, white flowering 

 dogwoods, forsythias, hydrangeas, bush honey- 

 suckles, snowballs, and here and there dotted 

 among them several specimens of the beautiful 

 Chinese and Japanese magnolias. 



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