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Rose and Tree Ivy ; of Jerusalem Sage (Fhlomis) and 

 Mullein ( Verhascum phlomoides) ; of London Pride and 

 St. Bruno's Lily, as shown in the illustration at page 

 75 ; of Gypsophila and Globe Thistle; of dark-flowered 

 Honesty and the large, handsome variety of Megasea 

 cordifolia. Then there are the many associations of 

 bluish and grey-leaved plants, as of Lyme Grass and 

 Lavender-Cotton and Catmint, and these also with 

 Lavender and its dwarf dark variety and the pretty 

 SisyrincJiiicm Bermudiana. All these, and the many 

 others that will occur, are well worth looking out for 

 and worth doing. 



In many matters it is only by study and observa- 

 tion and comparison that one can arrive at such a 

 judgment as may be safe to adopt in one's own prac- 

 tice or to advise for the guidance of others, but as far 

 as I have seen there are a great many cases in which 

 a beautiful way of tree-planting is misused or mis- 

 understood. In planting an avenue of trees as an 

 approach to a dwelling, the question of due proportion 

 would seem to be of the first importance. They 

 are so very often planted much too near the roadway 

 and much too close together, and the proportion 

 most frequently forgotten or misjudged is that of 

 length. A certain length will give the utmost dig- 

 nity, and every yard in excess will tend to deteriora- 

 tion and monotony. If an avenue is a mile long 

 the trees should be set back two hundred yards from 

 the road ; but for the truest beauty aud dignity, as 



