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would plant a pair of white-pines, one on each side of the gate¬ 
way, and not far from the posts). Under and between the trees /z, 
and g, g, we would have a mass of rhododendrons; or, if cheaper 
and more rapid growing materials for a group are preferred, the 
space may be filled with the variegated-leaved and wax-leaved 
privets and low-spreading spireas ; at v , w, and x, in the next 
group, may be planted a choice of deutzias, honeysuckles, syringas, 
lilacs, and snow-balls—one of each. Around the firs at p and y, 
while they are small, a group of rhododendrons may be planted. 
The single small shrubs (or trees) opposite the front corner of the 
house, may be single well-grown bushes of Deutzia gracilis; or 
the double flowering-plum, Prunus sinensis; or the purple-leaved 
berberry; or, if dwarf evergreens are preferred, the Irish and 
Swedish junipers, the Japan podocarpus, the tree-box (for clip¬ 
ping), the golden arbor-vitas, the golden yew, or the erect yew ; 
Taxus erecta , may all be rivals for these places. With constant 
care to keep them to their most slender form, those beautiful 
novelties, the weeping Norway spruce and silver firs, Abies excelsa 
inverta and Picea pectinata pendula , might grace this place better 
than anything else, though they may in time grow to great height. 
In the four inner angles of the two bay-windows, unless the ex¬ 
posure is to the south or southwest, we would plant rhododendrons 
of medium size, and fill the corner-beds with the same, graded 
down to the smallest varieties at the points. In the middle, 
between the bay-windows, two feet from the house, plant the 
Cephalotaxus fortunii mascula , and beyond it, to complete the 
group, three flowering deciduous shrubs graded in height as fol¬ 
lows : Six feet from the house the double-flowered pink deutzia; 
two feet further out the Deutzia gracilis; and two feet from that, 
on the point, the Daphne creorum. While these shrubs are small, 
use the ground between them for annuals and bulbous flowers. 
The group under the pine tree, and between it and the rear 
veranda steps, may be composed of two varieties of the tree-box 
near the steps—the common and the gold-edged leaved—Sargent’s 
hemlock near the corner of the road, and the variegated-leaved 
privet, the purple berberry, the variegated-leaved elder, and some 
kalmias to complete the bed. It is essential that there should be 
