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look well planted with a clump of handsome, bold-grow- 

 ing trees, including some of spiral forms. The following 

 selection was accordingly made : 3 cut-leaved white 

 birch, A ; 3 white spruce, B ; 3 European beech, C ; i 

 Canadian poplar, D ; 2 Lombardy poplar, E ; 3 horse- 

 chestnut, F ; 2 rock, or sugar-maple, G ; i black walnut, 

 H ; I butternut, I ; 6 Norway spruce, J ; 2 European 

 larch, K ; 6 white pine, L ; 6 Austrian pine, M ; i Colo- 

 rado blue spruce, N ; i River's blood-leaved beech, O ; 

 6 Corniis clfffaiitissima , P. 



Group 10 : This is to occupy a point directly in line 

 with the chief window of the dwelling, although some 

 distance away. The trees, accordingly, are kinds having 

 conspicuous outlines ; 1 Lombardy poplar, A ; 3 Norway 

 spruce, B. 



Group II is a knoll, upon which 3 American elm trees 

 might be planted with good effect. 



Group 12 ; 3 scarlet oak, A ; 3 white oak, B ; i Kil- 

 marnock willow, C ; I weeping willow, D ; i double- 

 flowering horse-chestnut, E. 



Group 13 : 3 European linden, A ; 3 American linden, 

 B ; 3 European beech, C ; i American chestnut, D ; 2 



English elm, E ; 3 arbor-vitas (Siberian), F ; 2 Norway 

 maple, G ; 3 silver maple, H ; i weeping willow, I. 



Group 14 : 6 red cedar, A ; 3 white spruce, B ; 12 Nor- 

 v,'ay spruce, C ; 3 hemlock spruce, D ; 3 Irish Juniper, E. 



The assortment of trees and shrubs thus submitted to 

 our correspondent, and approved by him, embraces nearly 

 100 distinct varieties, with an aggregate of 400 trees. All 

 are of approved hardy kinds suitable for western New 

 York. Besides the trees, a list of 75 hardy perennials 

 was submitted and approved. The owner of the grounds 

 for whom these lists were prepared submitted them to 

 one of our leading nurseries for prices. He was told 

 that the entire order would be filled for I137, to which 

 amount the cost of packing must be added. The amount 

 paid for trees a year ago to the traveling nurseryman re- 

 ferred to was fully equal to the amount named above ; 

 and his assortment of ornamental kinds was both meagre 

 and unsuitable, the result being that now, a year later, 

 there is little to show for the money expended. In the 

 rational plan for planting given above, there has been 

 " no ax to grind," and the interests of the owner of the 

 farm are made paramount. 



FLOWER-SCREENS AND MOUNDS 



L.WVN ORNAMENTATIO> 



LOWERING vines, when used as screens 

 or lawn ornaments, cover all defects 

 in the often rough, homely trellises 

 which support their graceful tangle of 

 bloom and beauty. A pair of old 

 j clothes-bars — the larger the better — 

 set as a screen would be, in a sunny 

 spot back from the street and covered with flowering 

 vines is both useful and ornamental. Sink the legs of 

 the clothes-bars in deep holes, driving a long stake beside 

 each one to strengthen it. Then spade the ground 

 deeply for a foot each side of the bars, making a narrow 

 bed. Save the turf to put in some other place where it 

 is needed. Mix with the soil some well-rptted manure 

 and a few bushels of sand. Should the soil when spaded 

 prove to be hard and yellow, it is best to remove it and 

 fill in with good garden loam before adding the manure. 

 After spading rake it over until fine. 



For one panel of the screen plant sweet-peas. 

 " Oh, restlessly 

 The gay sweet-pea 



Nods on her slender stem, 

 For, far up in the sunny skies, 

 She sees the sailing butterflies, 

 And longs to go to them. 



" She wonders why , 

 She must not fly, 



Her warm heart's love to say. 

 Her pink and white and scarlet wings 

 Were surely made for better things 

 Than thus at home to stay." 



This ambition of the sweet-pea does not at all unfit it 

 for covering screens. Its rapid growth over strings 

 nearly resembles flight. Sow seeds of it very early, as 



soon as the frost is out of the ground, and the latter is 

 dry enough. Mixed seed from a trustworthy dealer, pur- 

 chased by the ounce, generally gives good satisfaction. 

 Scarlet, Painted Lady and Princess Beatrice, are good 

 varieties, and not as high-priced as some of the new kinds. 

 They should be sown deep in order to get well-rooted, 

 that they may be able to withstand summer drouth. 

 When the plants are a few inches high hoe the soil well 

 up to them, nail a slat across the bottom of the clothes- 

 bars, and tie strings of wrapping-twine from bottom slat 

 to the top, for the peas to run up on. Some growers 

 make a network of the twine, running both ways. Other 

 vines suitable for covering such a screen are morning- 

 glory, canary-bird flower and cypress-vine. These, and 

 the others hereafter named, may be planted as late as 

 June. 



For the second panel plant madeira-vines. Let the 

 ground get warm, set a row of tubers, and cover well. 

 Fasten strings the same as for sweet-peas. In August 

 they will cover the panel with their graceful waxen dark 

 green vines, and later produce fragrant lace-like white 

 blossoms. 



For the third panel I would choose the climbing nas- 

 turtiums. There are many fine varieties. Spitfire, Lily 

 Smith and Queen Victoria are scarlet; Asa Gray is sul- 

 phur-yellow, and King of the Blacks dark brown. They 

 require but little care, grow from eight to ten feet high, 

 bear hot dry weather better than other plants, and are not 

 troubled with insects. The best mixed seed purchased by 

 the ounce gives good results. If you do not like nastur- 

 tiums, morning-glories make a pretty vine, and the mixed 

 seed gives a variety of colors. Mountain-fringe or Alle- 



