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small size as shown near the front corner of the veranda; for which 
place we recommend the Magnolia machrophylla. The two small 
trees near the corners of the front bay-window, may be the catalpas 
himalayensis and kcempferi ; and the isolated tree nearest the 
street, the white-flowered magnolia ( conspicua ), or a single fine 
specimen of weigela, deutzia, lilac, viburnum, or honeysuckle. 
The gateway arch should be of hemlock, with evergreen under¬ 
shrubs near it. 
On lot 2, but two trees are shown in front of the house. These 
are twenty feet in front of the main house corners. Of rapid grow¬ 
ing deciduous trees for this place, none are better adapted than the 
weeping birches; of those of slower growth, the double white-flowered 
horse-chestnut; or of evergreens, the weeping Norway spruce and 
weeping silver-fir. The gateway arch should be made with hem¬ 
locks. 
Lot 4 has also two trees in front of the corners of the veranda. 
These being but eight feet from the latter, should be of some 
species which makes clean stems of sufficient height to carry their 
branches over its roof, in order not to darken and obstruct the out¬ 
look from the veranda. For this the ginkgo tree, most of the 
birches, and the scarlet oak are well adapted. But if it is desired 
to have the veranda deeply shaded, and somewhat secluded by 
foliage in summer, then the magnolias soulangeana or cordata , or 
almost any of the hard maples and horse-chestnuts, or the beeches 
and lindens, will do. We decidedly prefer deciduous trees to ever¬ 
greens, in places so near the pleasantest outlooks from the house 
as these trees are located ; for the reasons that their shadows are 
broader and more useful in summer, and by dropping their leaves 
in autumn, they relieve us in winter of a shade that would be 
needless and sombre. 
