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larches, i Cilician silver fir, 9 white oaks, i golden oak 

 at inner margin of the oak group, 6 red or scarlet oaks, 

 I chestnut-leaved oak, and i pin-oak. These extend to 

 the southeast corner of the place and into the street. 



Beyond the slight opening in the group, towards the 

 entrance, plant 2 trees of mountain ash, 2 of European 

 bird-cherry, i double white-flowering cherry, i ame- 

 lanchier or snowy mespilus, and directly around the 

 entrance, with a few specimens to the west of it, as 

 shown, 9 sugar or rock-maples. Northward from here in 

 the same plat, the following trees are set in suc- 

 ceesion ; i Tartarian maple, 18 Japan quinces, 

 assorted varieties in a mass, 3 Exochorda grandi- j 

 floras in a clump, 2 double white-flowering horse- 

 chestnuts, several common horse-chestnuts, these 

 extending across the drive. Near this drive, in the 

 central lawn-plat midway toward the residence, 

 the following trees are to be planted in the order 

 named : i red fern-leaved linden, 5 European lin- 

 dens, 2 European white-leaved lindens, 3 trees of 

 Tilia dasystyla, i Wier's cut-leaved silver maple 

 and I purple-leaved sycamore-maple. 



Preceding to the vicinity of the lake, we will 

 name the trees, etc., to be planted around and 1 

 near to the shore, beginning at the drive to the ! 

 southwest, and passing first eastward and then en- 

 tirely around the lakelet. Next to the drive plant 

 I cut-leaved beech, 2 tulip-trees (liriodendron), i 

 River's blood-leaved beech toward the center of 

 the lawn, i weeping birch near to it, 1 Norway 

 spruces, 6 hemlock-spruces, 3 European larches, 



1 Wisconsin weeping willow, i golden weeping 

 willow, 2 common weeping willows, i red-flowered 

 horse-chestnut, 3 double-flowering plums centrally 

 in a large shrub bed northeast of the bridge, and 

 12 mock oranges (assorted) around the plums in 

 the same mass. Crossing the drive southward, 

 the large mass may consist of 18 lilacs in assort- 

 ment, planted 4 or 5 feet apart, and there may be 

 3 Josika's lilacs in a small group toward the 

 bridge. The 6 small trees to the southwest on the 

 lake bank are thorns in assortment, among which 

 should certainly be included the double scarlet 

 variety. The mass in the corner of this plat, near 

 the entrance, should consist of 18 viburnums in 

 assortment, set about four feet apart ; that in the 

 other corner may include the following trees and 

 shrubs, locating them from the eastern end in the 

 order named ; 4 plants of assorted elaeagnus, \ 

 silver-leaved poplars in the background, 6 sumachs, 

 assorted, planted near the edge of the group and 6 feet 

 apart, 2 Russian mulberries, 9 common dogwood shrubs, 

 assorted, and at the further or north end of the group 

 6 clethras, assorted. Out from this group on the lake 

 bank, beginning at the cape, plant i European cut-leaved 

 alder, 3 common European alders, 5 Norway spruces, 



2 European white birches, and near where the lake meets 

 the drive, i rosemary-leaved willow and i ring-leaved 

 willow. Between lake and drive plant 3 royal willows, 3 

 tricolor willows, and on the small isles 3 laurel-willows. 



Starting now from the lake along the extreme western 

 plat, we set, just beyond the 2 willows on the shore, j. 

 spruces in assortment, 12 althaeas, planted about 5 feet 

 apart in the mass against the hedge, i tulip-tree, a rose- 

 bed, containing 30 hybrid perpetu il plants, and back of 

 this bed several sweet-chestnut trees. Across the drive 

 from this rose-bed is another devoted to a mass of rugosas. 

 and other hardy kinds. 



Leaving the large rose-bed in the western plat, and 

 tnrning to the right, we plant first a chestnut-leaved oak. 



and beyond it a large group of 30 panicle-flowered hy- 

 drangeas, set 4 feet apart. To the left there is indicated' 

 the largest mass of shrubbery in the place, and it is 

 planted as follows, beginning at the south end : 12 priv- 

 ets, assorted, set 4 feet apart ; 12 flowering currants, as- 

 sorted ; 12 Colutea arborescetis near the edge, 12 shrubs 

 of silver-leaved corchorus three feet apart, and, back of 

 them, 12 other sorts of corchorus, 5 Judas-trees, 2 large- 

 flowered white dogwoods and 3 ailantus in the back part 

 of the bed, finishing along the edge with 9 purple-leaved 



