330 TASTE AND TACT IN ARRANGING HOME AND OTHER GROUNDS. 



uous trees reach from near the highway far down into 

 the valley. By interposing group 14 at the point indi- 

 cated, seen from the house, there would seem to be a strip 

 of woodland beginning on the farm and reaching a mile 

 or more away. This is not all. It happens that the 

 highway is in a slight depression, and is not defined by 

 fences ; so to the right of group 14 a park-like vista 

 stretches away from the house for miles away down into 

 the valley. To the left of the group is a similar but less 

 extensive view. 



The groups described below serve special as well as 

 general purposes. Group i (fig. 2) is composed of 3 

 American elms, A ; i Wier's cut-leaved maple, B ; 2 Nor- 

 way maples, C ; i bird-cherry, D ; 3 Canadian poplars. 



through the porte-cochere from the sitting-room and ver- 

 anda : g /'/i\s-«;-ci'// (broad-leaved plum), A ; 18 

 variegated-leaved Cornelian cherry, B. 



Group 5 : 2 Norway maples, A ; 3 Ailanlhus fflandii- 

 losa. B ; 3 Spircca sorbifolia, C ; 3 Aralia Japonica, 

 D ; 3 Tamarix Afi-icana, E ; 3 royal willows, F ; 3 

 Spirccu BUlardii, G ; 3 cut-lea\-ed elders, H ; i Fau- 

 lozL'uia impcrialis, I ; 3 hibiscus, or althaea, J ; 3 Elceag- 

 nus argenlca, K ; 3 Cletlira abn'folia, L. Perennial 

 and other flowers should be used along the margins of 

 this group or be mingled with the woody growths. 



Group 6 : i English elm, A ; 3 Weigelia catidida, B ; 

 I rose acacia, C ; i oak-leaved mountain ash, D ; 9 Japan 

 quince, E ; i double-flowering thorn, F ; 3 Spircea so?-- 



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Fig. 



-Groups of 7 to 14. of Fig. 



Detail. 



E ; 3 European larches, F ; 3 Scotch pines, G ; i white 

 oak. H. The trees selected for this group are of rapid 

 growth, so that the buildings at M (fig. i), which show 

 plainly from the residence and mar all views from it, 

 may soon be hidden by foliage. 



Group 2 (fig. 2) is planted as follows : i large elm (now 

 on the place), A ; 6 Hydrangea paniciilata gratidi- 

 llora, B ; 3 lilacs, C ; i Elceagnus argentea, D ; i white 

 flowering dogwood, E ; 3 mock-oranges, F ; 2 white oak 

 trees, G ; 2 snowy mespilus (amelanchier), H ; i cork- 

 maple, I ; 3 cercis, or red buds, J ; 6 calycanthus, K ; 

 6 weigelias, L ; 6 Forsythia stispcnsa, M ; i Colorado 

 blue spruce, N ; 2 Mugho pines, O. 



Group 3, designed to be planted with growths of very 

 striking foliage, is near the house, and shows very plainly 



bifolia, G ; 6 variegated-leaved dwarf weigelias, H ; 6 

 weigelias in assortment, I ; 2 Magnolia speciosa, J ; 3 

 kerria, silver-variegated, K ; 12 spiraeas in assortment, L ; 

 I Chinese double-flowering crab, M ; 6 F'orsythza virid- 

 issima, N ; i European bird-cherry, O ; 3 mock-oranges, 

 P; 6 Vibici-nitm plicatiim, Q ; 3 Spircea BUlardii, R; 

 6 I'amarix Chineusis, S ; 3 dogwood, red-branched, 

 T ; I European larch, U. 



Group 7 (fig. 3) : i Mugho pine, A ; 6 Deutzia gracilis, 

 B; 3 European berberry, C ; 3 double-flowering plum, D; 

 9 purple-leaved berberry, E ; 3 Rhzts cotinus (purple 

 fringe), F ; 3 hibiscus, assorted, G ; 6 Japan quince, as- 

 sorted, H ; 3 Coliitca arborcsccns, I ; 6 deutzia. Pride 

 of Rochester. J ; 6 Deutzia scabra, K. 



Group 8 : At this point there is a knoll, which would 



