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mascula. The pine tree in the right-hand corner may be an 
Austrian, taking care to select one of short dense growth. 
Between it and the corner fill in with a mass of assorted rhodo¬ 
dendrons, or with such shrubs as bush honeysuckles, deutzias of 
the smaller sorts, the common syringa, purple berberry, variegated 
elder, etc. The single tree in the middle of the front may be the 
weeping Japan sophora, the Judas tree ( Cercis canadensis ), or a 
neatly grown specimen of the white-flowering dogwood ( Cornus 
florida). The two small trees marked on the plan io feet in 
front of each front corner of the house should be the two slender 
weeping firs, the Abies excelsa inverta and the Picea pedinata pen- 
dula, which will in time form a graceful flanking for the bay- 
window, and point the two groups of fragrant-blossomed deciduous 
shrubs shown on each side of it. The shrubbery shown between 
the walk and the main side veranda and its column vines should be 
entirely composed of bedding plants of rich foliage and successive 
bloom, which can be cleared away late in autumn. The remainder 
of the plan is so like that for Plate V, that no further designation 
of trees and shrubs need be made. A planter who is familiar with 
the dimensions and qualities of trees and shrubs may make a 
different choice, perhaps improve on those here named, and give 
another character to the place. The gateway entrance, for in¬ 
stance, may be bordered by low-growing umbelliferous trees like 
the Judas tree, the weeping sophora, the Scamston elm, the sassa¬ 
fras, or the Kolreuteria paniculata , of which any two would soon 
grow to form a natural arch. The use of any of these trees will 
not prevent the planting, under them, of those small evergreens 
like the ivy, the box-wood, and some others which flourish in par¬ 
tial shade. Or, some of the trees mentioned in Chapter XIV for 
artificial arches, may be employed in the same place instead of the 
groups of low evergreen shrubs, or the trees just named. The 
pine trees which are shown on the plan (if, as before remarked, 
the soil is congenial to them), in connection with the other ever¬ 
greens, in the course of ten years would give an evergreen character 
to the outer limits of the lot without trespassing too much on the 
lawn space; and although a repetition of the same species of tree 
is not usually desirable on a small lot, the white pine unites so 
