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ivy is always most beautiful. From the hemlock arch to a point 
twenty feet from the fence, plant with tree-box, mahonias, and 
rhododendrons, set two and a half feet from the fence ; then a 
concave bed ten feet long is devoted to bulbous flowering-plants 
and annuals ; the next ten feet to be occupied by the pink and the 
red-flowered tree honeysuckles six feet apart, with the fragrant 
jasmine between them ; the next ten feet in flowers as before; the 
next to be occupied by the Deutzia crenata alba and the Deutzia 
crenata rubra flore plena , six feet apart, with the Deutzia gracilis 
between them; the next, flowers; and the last group of shrubs to 
be the Lilac rothmagensis and the Weigela rosea six feet apart, 
with the Spirea calosa alba between and the golden yew, Taxus 
aurea, beyond;—closing the planting on that side. On the veranda- 
posts five different vines may be trained ; on the fence in front of 
them nothing better can be done than to cover it with Irish ivy, or 
such low-growing annual vines, on cords or wires, as will make the 
best wall of leaves and flowers during the summer, and which can 
be readily cleared away before winter. Beyond the veranda, on 
the left, is a place for a group of shrubs of anything that the lady 
of the house fancies. The evergreen at the end of the narrow 
walk around the veranda should be some tall and handsome tree. 
If the soil is sandy, the white-pine kept well trimmed will make a 
fine mass of evergreen verdure the most quickly. In a climate not 
more rigorous than that of Philadelphia, the Lawson cypress, C. 
lawsoniana , is a good tree for the place; further north, the 
pyramidal spruce, Abies excelsa pyramidata , a slender, vigorous, and 
peculiar variety of the Norway spruce, will answer well; and so 
will a Bartlett or Seckel pear tree, or any good cherry tree. The 
evergreen, however, makes the best back-ground setting for the 
house. By planting an evergreen on each side the walk, at that 
point, an arch may eventually be cut under them to form a vista 
from the veranda into the garden. This purpose may be most 
quickly effected with white-pines or hemlocks. 
The embellishment of the walk-border by the other mode, as 
shown on the plan B, may be done as follows: the border of ivy 
along the fence or wall, and the principal shrubs for twenty feet 
next the front, may be the same as on the first plan ; but all the 
