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American and the European Judas trees; the magnolias, Chinese 
white ( conspicua ), and the showy-flowered ( speciosa ) ; the dwarf 
profuse-flowering mountain ash (nana floribunda ); the weeping 
Japan sophora; the double scarlet-thorn (coccinea flore plena)-, 
the weeping larch ; the Kilmarnock willow; the large-flowered 
rose-acacia (, grandiflora ), if trained and carefully supported when 
young; the American and the broad-leaved strawberry trees ; the 
largest and most tree-like lilacs; the purple-fringe; the syringa, 
zeyheri; and the new snow-ball or viburnum, V. machrophylimn, 
are all pleasing small trees, or tree-like shrubs, any two of which 
will be appropriate for these two places. Our preference among 
them would be the weeping Japan sophoras grafted from seven to 
eight feet high. If evergreens are desired for these two places, we 
would certainly select the weeping Norway spruce ( inverta ) and 
the weeping silver-fir. The small group h , should be made up of 
choice small evergreens, yews, arbor-vitass, and dwarf firs. The pair 
of deciduous trees at i, on the right, may be a catalpa and a pau- 
lonia for places south of New York; and northward, a pair of 
sassafras and a dogwood (C. florida ), to make a group of three, or 
a pair of Kolreuteria paniculata only. The group j , on the upper 
side of the walk, is intended to be filled by an Austrian pine, sur¬ 
rounded by evergreen shrubs that will form a dense mass. At k, a 
Siberian arbor-vitae, with the erect yew, on one side, and the golden 
arbor-vitas on the other. At /, an Irish juniper. At m, a collec¬ 
tion of magnolias, beginning with the purple-magnolia nearest the 
house, next to it the Chinese white, then the M. soulangeana , and 
at n, the M. machrophylla ,—all to be encouraged to branch as close 
to the ground as they will grow. At o, the arbor-vitas comp acta , 
or another purple magnolia. At p , the weeping beech; at q, a 
group of the following firs, beginning nearest the house with Nord- 
manns fir, next the Cephalonian, and last the Norway spruce. At 
r, another Magnolia machrophylla. At s, a Bhotan pine if on the 
north or east side, and an Austrian pine if on the south or west 
side of the house. The shrubbery adjoining the house may be 
composed of a great variety of common species; but none that 
attain a height of more than six feet should be planted under or in 
front of windows where they might eventually obstruct the views. 
