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buildings from view as one passes along by the side of them. The 
path connecting the stable and the main path, should open from the 
latter under a narrow hemlock-arch. The group of evergreens on 
the left of the exit from the tunnel must be those which do not 
exceed seven feet in height, or which may readily be kept down to 
that height, and not interfere with the view from the arcade ; — say 
a pair of Sargent’s hemlock, next to the arcade, the Cephalotaxiis 
fortunii mascida next ; the golden arbor-vitae in front of that ; and 
a bed of flowers diminished to a point as shown on the plan. 
At the divergence of the main paths a really elegant flower-vase 
should be placed ; it being the first object that will engage the 
eye on emerging from the tunnel. Behind it a rose-bed is shown. 
Perhaps a fine evergreen would be better there, say the weeping 
silver-fir, on a line with the centre of the tunnel and the vase. 
Following the main path to the right, there should be masses 
of strong-growing shrubs between it and the stable, to prevent the 
latter from being noticeable in passing. A mass of shrubs eight 
feet high, within two yards of the walk, will conceal an object 
twenty-four feet high, twenty-four feet from the walk. Of course 
all parts of this stable-building should be well finished, as it must 
be seen from nearly every part of the pleasure-ground, but if the 
upper parts of it — the roof-lines, cornices and upper windows — are 
properly designed, a view of them over the shrubs and among the 
tops of the environing trees will improve, rather than injure, the 
expression of the place. The three sunny sides of the building are 
also to be covered with the foliage of grape-vines. In addition 
to the needful shrubbery to conceal this building from too close 
inspection, the corner of the lot in its rear is to be stocked with 
cherry and pear trees. Where the walk turns toward the left, leaving 
the fruit-tree group, a mass of fine shrubs borders the walk on both 
sides ; then for a short distance the lawn opens on the right to a 
grape-espalier, and a group of the finest rhododendrons in front of 
it ; on the left, at <?, is a pair of Kolreuterias^ and beyond them 
another group of rhododendrons and azalias. We here come in 
sight of the summer-house in the corner, with its flanking of hem- 
locks and bright little flower-beds, and a vase opposite the walk 
from it. The view of the grounds from this point is intended to 
