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the young trees as to smother or weaken them by the luxuriant 
growth of the former. 
The evergreen group on the right is intended to be made up 
entirely of firs — hemlocks, Norway and black spruces — mixed in- 
discriminately, .to show as a mass, and not as single specimens. 
If the proprietor has a desire for rarities in this family, they can 
be substituted. 
The group on the left, as its symbols show, is intended to be 
entirely of pines. In the centre, plant a white pine and a Bhotan 
pine side by side and close together, the former on the south side 
of the latter. Fifteen feet back of them put in an Austrian pine ; 
towards the front the cembran pine ; to the extreme right, the 
dwarf white pine, P. strobus compacta^ and in the spaces between 
fill with the varieties of the mugho or mountain pine, or with 
rhododendrons. 
The deciduous group lightly outlined near the right hand 
corner explains itself. If thriftily grown, the trees there marked 
should make a beautiful group in summer, and a brilliant one in 
autumn. 
The pair of trees near the left-hand corner we would have the 
Kolreuteria paniciilata. 
The hemlock border on the left, opposite the dining-room bay- 
window, is intended to form a close screen, to grow naturally till 
the trees occupy from seven to ten feet in width from the fence, 
when they are to be kept within bounds by pruning. They 
should be planted about two feet apart. 
Plate IX. 
Plan for a Corner Lot loo x 170 feet^ planted in a more elaborate 
style than the preceding plan. 
In describing the preceding plate, allusion was made to the 
greater expensiveness of this plan. Premising, therefore, that 
it is intended for a person who loves his trees and plants, and 
who can afford to keep a gardener in constant employ, we will 
