^ Never order less than five of any variety. Ten of 

 course would be better still, particularly ten tall 

 slender evergreens. Five to ten finely grown English 

 hawthorns, pink, white and ruby-rose, five dog- 

 wood, three of the pink and two of the white ones, 

 with a screen of ten red maples, all well-spaced, 

 well planted and well watered regularly (if there 

 is n't sufficient rain) will produce a big, colorful 

 and gorgeous effecft, as a vi^a to brighten and 

 warm a "cold view " or aspecft, to lift-up and lend 

 intere^ and give cheer. You will have made a 

 successful, friendly, re^ful and repose-giving 

 colony that will afford you pleasure, I will say, 

 for all time (with proper care) . 



^ Like the red maples, the English hawthorn is 

 " gorgeously colored " in the Autumn, and whil^ 

 they will thrive in almo^ any kind of soil, and in 

 almo^ any place, they, like everything else, natur- 

 ally respond to good culture. 



^ They are unque^ionably hardy, and may be 

 found in pra(5tically every good nursery. 



^ I hope there will be a great many hawthorns 

 planted this Autumn near a background of tall 

 evergreens, or scarlet maples. 



^ It is important that all trees be given holes deep 

 and wide, by wide I mean a foot more on each 

 side than the spread of the roots, and by deep 

 I mean not less than three feet, and the soil at the 

 three foot depth should be loosened and broken 

 (the be^ tool to use for this purpose is a pick). 

 Then a five inch layer of old (rotted) manure 

 should be spread on the bottom and the hole 

 filled in with good soil. Then the tree is held in 

 position and the soil packed in firmly about the 

 roots, packing and treading it in nearly to the top, 

 when it should be given several buckets of water. 



