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THE PRACTICAL GARDENER. 



as well as to provide against deaths, and consequently to in- 

 troduce many trees and shrubs which are not intended to be 

 permanent. In so doing, care should be taken to plant in 

 situations sufficiently apart, and in proper positions, such trees 

 as will ultimately become the most highly ornamental when 

 they attain their full size ; for, from want of sufficient attention 

 in this matter, we often see three or four valuable trees grouped 

 toirether, so that to save one the remainder have to be de- 

 stroyed, at the same time that there is probably not another 

 of the same species in the grounds. A knowledge of the size 

 and habit to which all trees will attain, is very necessary for 

 those who have the disposal of them while young, and without 

 this knowledge, all planting must be performed by blind chance. 

 This seems to be too little attended to generally, and a know- 

 ledge of arborescent vegetables is studied generally as little as 

 if it did not form a part of the general knowledge of which a 

 gardener should be possessed. 



The back grounds, or the parts of the lawn at the gi*eatest 

 distance from the house, should be so planted as to harmonize 

 with the scenery immediately behind them, and in general 

 trees of the most lofty growth should be placed there. How- 

 ever, to produce an immediate effect, it is also necessary to 

 introduce trees of the first magnitude more in front, but those 

 should be chosen which are of the most giaceful growth and 

 of the more valuable kinds. Shrubs of tall growth, chiefly 

 evergeen, and trees of the second class, should occupy the 

 middle, and in front, those whose height does not exceed three 

 or five feet. 



Upon the lawn, fine specimens of rare, beautiful, or in- 

 teresting shrubs, and trees of humble growth, should be 

 planted singly, such as Rhododendroti, Pcconia Montan, Yi/ccOf 

 Rosa, Rhus, Philbjrea, Olece, Magnolia, Lonicera, Laurus, 

 Jutiiperus, Ilex, Genista, Ep/ieckra, Arbutus, Erica, Cy- 

 tissus, /Esculus, Sfc; and, in sheltered situations, orange- 

 trees, myrtles, many species of New-Holland plants, of large 

 size, and many other large specimens of green-house exotics, 

 should be plunged out upon the lawn during the summer 

 months, and taken under cover during winter, and their places 

 filled with hardy shrubs from the reserve garden, where an 



