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Near the arch entering the garden, two Bartlett pear trees may be 
substituted for them ; but in this case the grape vines on the 
trellis will be rendered barren as soon as the trees grow to shade 
them. As the pear trees will probably furnish the most valuable 
crop and form a not inappropriate feature, there will be no impro- 
priety in using them. The plants for the side of the house will 
depend somewhat on its exposure. The following list will do for 
any but a north exposure. From c, back to the bay-window, a 
selection of the finest low-growing monthly roses, alternated with 
Salvia fidgens or splendens, or with any of a thousand beautiful 
annuals or perennials of low compact growth. At the inner angle 
of the bay-window a group of five rhododendrons ; R. grandifioriim 
in the corner, and four of the best dwarf sorts around it, will be 
appropriate. If the exposure of this wall is to the north, we would 
cover it with the superb native of our woods, the Virginia creeper 
or American ivy. At the old bush honeysuckle, Lo?iicera tar- 
tarica. Under the middle window of the bay make a narrow bed 
for mignonette and heliotrope. At /, the Deutzia crenata alba and 
crenata rubra jlore pletia planted side by side so as to intermingle 
their growth ; at the lilac S. rothmagensis ; at the variegated- 
leaved tree-box ; at Spireas reevesi Jlore pleiia and callosa^ together ; 
at y, the Weigela rosea. This completes a selection for this lawn- 
border. Different selections as good or better may doubtless be 
made by persons versed in such matters. While the evergreens 
recommended for the right-hand border are small, tall gay-blos- 
somed plants may be used to fill the bed. If the occupant desires 
a quick and showy return for his planting, the evergreen shrubs 
which we have named for this fence-border may be too slow in 
their growth to suit ; and the fine varieties of lilacs, honeysuckles, 
weigelas, deutzias, spireas, syringas, and snow-balls may be sub- 
stituted. 
The veranda that opens from the dining-room has some flowers 
at its base, vines on its posts, a lilac-bush at on the right of the 
steps, and a compact hedge of Siberian arbor-vitses on the left to 
screen the kitchen-yard from observation. The trees near the 
gate may in time be made to overarch it. The grape-trellis 
should finish with an arch over this entrance to the garden. The 
