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at e, the oblong weeping juniper, y. ohlonga pe?idiila ; 2 , pair of 
weeping Japan sophoras grafted nine feet high, and planted ten 
feet apart ; the Chinese white magnolia ; /^, a mass of rhododen- 
drons and purple magnolias ; i, /, hemlock gateway arches — the 
hemlocks to form a dense screen for ten or fifteen feet on each side 
of the arch ; y, the Hudson’s Bay fir; k, the Magnolia machrophylla ; 
/(adjoining the house), a mass of evergreens of dwarf character, 
including rhododendrons, kalmias, and azalias ; m and ;z, hemlock 
screens ; <?, a mass of rhododendrons. The small group under the 
corners of the drawing-room bay-windows may be composed of the 
English or Irish ivys in the corners, and low varieties of rhododen- 
drons ; or, of brilliant bedding-plants alone. 
This place is large enough to make a conservatory a desirable 
feature. If wanted in connection with the house, by using the 
room marked P as a library -room, the room L (if that side of 
the house has an east exposure) would be an admirable place 
for it. If a distinct structure is preferred, a good place would 
be on a line with the carriage-road, and ten feet from it, in the 
corner of the orchard nearest the house. 
The large flower-bed near L is intended for large bedding 
plants. The great rose-bed at the intersection of the walks on the 
right would require to be filled with uncommon skill to make it 
pleasing throughout the summer season, though it may be superbly 
beautiful in June, and interesting under ordinary treatment, with 
partial bloom, until frosts. In winter and early spring, however, it 
can hardly be otherwise than unsightly. A group for that place, 
of more continuous beauty, which will cost less labor in its main- 
tenance, may be composed of the following evergreens: — for the 
centre the weeping Norway spruce {inverta) ; around it the follow- 
ing, the positions for which must be determined by a study of their 
characters : the Sargent hemlock. Parson’s dwarf hemlock, varie- 
gated-leaved tree-box, golden and weeping arbor-vitaes, the erect 
yew {erecta)^ the golden yew, the Cephalotaxiis fortimii 7nascula., the 
Podocarpus japonica^ the creeping juniper {repens) ^ the juniper 
repanda de?isa, the juniper oblonga pendula^ the juniper sparoides^ 
the Hudson’s Bay fir hudsonica^ and the dwarf firs, Picea pectinata 
compacta and Abies g^rgo/dana. 
