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flower-beds are to be omitted. Twenty-three feet from the street, 
and two feet from the walk on the right, plant an American Judas 
tree, Cercis canadetisis ; four feet further, on the same side, the 
European Judas tree, Cercis siliquastrum ; opposite to them, on the 
left side of the walk, a clean stemmed white-flowering dogwood, 
Cornus florida. Sixteen feet from the upper Judas tree, plant a pair 
of sassafras trees four feet apart in the same relative positions as 
the Judas trees in the first group ; opposite to them, on the left of 
the walk, the Scamston weeping-elm, grafted eight feet high on a 
common elm stock. The next group, sixteen feet further on, is 
made with a pair of Kolreuteria paniculata on the right, and a 
narrow group of low choice shrubs on the left of the walk. Very 
dwarf evergreens, or deciduous shrubs, may be planted to the left 
of each of these groups, as indicated on the plan, or those places 
may be filled with single plants of rich and abundant foliage, like 
the more robust geraniums, the Colletts verschafelti , cannas, little 
circles of salvias, etc., etc. 
It is intended that the groups of low-growing trees which border 
this walk shall form flat arches over head, not more than eight feet 
over the walk ; and the trees must be reared and pruned to effect 
this object. The Judas trees and the dogwood naturally spread 
quite low. The study with them will be, how to draw them up so 
that they will not be in the way over head. The sassafras, though 
a flat-topped tree, sometimes gets too high before beginning to 
spread. If it keeps a strong centre-stem it should be topped at 
eight feet high to hasten its spreading. The Kolreuterias are rather 
too large for their place, but are low-spreading trees of great deli¬ 
cacy of foliage and warmth of color; and even if they finally 
extend their branches far towards the bay-windows, the view under 
them will be the more pleasing. 
