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LAWN AND SHADE TBEES. 
Ellwanger & Barry, is a very dwarf compact sort, especially 
adapted as a point plant on beds or divisions of pathways. All 
the above, as well as the Chinese and the variegate d-foliaged 
varieties, are adapted for planting as single trees ; and as they 
bear the knife perfectly, may be kept clipped and pruned into 
any shape or form desired to harmonize with their position. 
The American, however, is the one most generally used in the 
planting for hedges and screens ; not that it is any better than 
the Siberian or some others, for it is not naturally as compact, 
but because it is a rapid grower, and can be obtained at a less 
cost than other varieties. In setting it for hedges, where it is 
designed to keep the plants clipped to a height never exceeding 
four to six feet, the plants should stand one in a foot of length 
in the row ; but where it is designed to form screens or belts, 
growing twenty to forty feet high, one plant in four feet is 
sufficient. Any good soil suits the arbor vitae, and it bears water 
or wet grounds even better than dry. 
As an avenue tree for the north and west sides of driveways 
that are to be used in winter, it is one the best suited, and 
every country place should have one or more pathways sheltered 
by it for resort in a clear winter’s day when the sun is shining 
brightly, and at the same time a cold north wind prevailing. 
Red Cedar. Juniperus . — The red cedar of our country — 
juniperus Virginianci — is only occasionally planted, because of its 
generally rather stiff habit, and dull dingy brown color of foliage 
in winter and spring. There are, however, among the many 
plants grown from seed, varieties that have more or less of a 
drooping and graceful form, and whose color keeps a clear 
light blue green, making their association or connection with 
other evergreens often very harmonious and agreeable. 
In poor, dry, rocky soils the red cedar thrives finely, and it 
seems equally at home in rich, deep loams. It does not answer 
well for hedges, as clipped plants after twelve or more years are 
