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low foliage, and holds its color throughout the season, 
and is more dwarf than the type. Retinispora obtusa 
nana is more rare, but it is very p'retty, with a dark 
green foliage in peculiar twisted tufts; it is quite 
dwarf. There is a golden variety of the Creeping 
Juniper that is exceedingly pretty where a low, 
spreading mass of bright foliage is required. There 
are many varieties of the American Arbor Vitae, 
that are very dwai-f. The Little Gem grows from 
one to one-aud-a-half feet high; the Woodward, 
four feet; both perfectly-regular oval, and always. 
< symmetrical without pruning. Parson’s compacta is 
very regular and round in outline, as though sheared. 
The Heath-leaved has a Heath-like foliage of a delicate 
purplish or reddish green, very soft and delicate, and 
rather upright in growth. The Tom Thumb is similar 
in foliage, of a clearer green, and more spreading 
habit. 
The Weeping Norway Spruce is odd, and desirable 
as a single tree or the centre of a group of very 
dwarf Evergreens; it is dwarf, and does not spread 
wide. 
Among deciduous trees there are many rare and 
beautiful varieties to haVe a fine specimen of which 
would give the owner more satisfaction than a forest of 
more common kinds. The cut-leaf Birch, with its pure 
white bark and graceful-drooping branches, is one of 
the most beautiful trees grown. The cut-leaf Silver 
Maple is rapid-growing and graceful. The Weeping 
Beech is one of the most massive and picturesque trees 
that can be painted, with its heavy, dark-green foliage 
and long, sweeping curves, and the Weeping Slippery- 
Elm is one of the most picturesque and graceful weep¬ 
ing trees. Among colored foliage trees we have the 
purple Beech, Birch and Maple, the variegated Maple, 
Ash and others; and there are also many desirable 
dwarf-growing trees, fine in foliage or flower, or both, 
such as the Sumacs and Cornus Florida, with fine flow¬ 
ers and brilliant autumn foliage; the Judas tree, clothed 
with purple flowers in spring; the Silver-Bell tree, with 
its white, bell-shaped flowers before the leaves. 
Among shrubs, the colored foliage varieties deserve 
special attention. The golden-leaved Elder and Spiraea 
are both bright and hold their color well. The purple 
Barberry and Hazel are very rich in contrast. The 
golden variegated-leaved Wiegelia has also handsome 
flowers. The variegated Althea is fine in foliage, and 
all are neat in growth. 
Among dwarf shrubs, the variegated Corchora is neat 
and pretty, the variegated Euonymus radicans is hardy 
and pretty, also the dark-green type; and a Japan 
species, Euonymus nana, has a fine foliage, which turns 
a rich, purplish red,andis very pretty in the winter, peep¬ 
ing through the snow. The Andromeda polifolia has a 
purple foliage in winter, and makes a symmetrical dwarf 
shrub that is covered in the spring with pinkish-white 
flowers; all of these, excepting the first, are Evergreens. 
I will not attempt to give a list of desirable flowering 
shrubs, they are so numerous, and many of them have 
already been described in my article upon “ Native 
Shrubs,” in the February number of this magazine, but 
be careful to select only those that are neat in habit and 
do not require much trimming to keep them in good.form. 
The trees and shrubs I have spoken of are only given 
as illustrations of the classes they represent, as there is 
a great variety from which to choose. 
The arrangement of the trees and shrubs is intimately 
connected with their selection, and must be considered 
first or at the same time. Decide where you will 
place your groups, and the single specimens; in arrang¬ 
ing these, keep in mind that it is best to secure the 
longest stretches of lawn in the outlooks not neces¬ 
sarily bare of trees, for it may be seen through the 
openings between groups of trees or single specimens. 
There are also views that are objectionable, and 
others that are pleasing; the first are to be bidden, and 
the latter are to be left open. All these things must 
be considered in the arrangement, and where an 
objectionable view is to be cut off, the larger Ever¬ 
greens can be planted on the outskirts of the ground, 
if there is room for them to spread. Groups and 
borders of small trees and shrubs may be placed in 
the parts of the grounds where they are wanted, 
and will not interfere with the views. They should 
be selected and planted so that they will gradu¬ 
ally diminish in size, from the larger in the centre or 
on to the back to the dwarf varieties on the edge; care 
should also be taken in the selection to have different 
colored flowers or fine foliage represented all the 
season. 
In planting do not be confined to regular figures or 
straight lines; it is prettier to have irregular outlines 
with projecting points and deep bays; and in planting in 
after years, plant at thepoints rather than in the depres¬ 
sions. Fine single specimens of rare trees’and shrubs 
maybe dotted here and there on the edges of the lawns, 
where there is room; a handsome shade tree may be 
planted near the porches or windows, where shade is 
wanted. 
Climbers should also be used freely on the house for 
shade and ornament. Nothing will so well conceal the 
bare appearance of a house, or give it a more cozy look 
than a good variety of climbers in abundance. One may 
have fine flowers or foliage, according as he may select; 
they can be placed on movable trellises, so as not to 
interfere with repairs on the house. 
Be careful not to plant too many trees. Shrubs can 
be kept in place by trimming, but large trees will injure 
each other if planted too thick. Evergreen may be 
intermixed with the shrubs, if placed where they will 
not be much shaded; or you may make Evergreen 
groups, with a fine specimen in the centre and smaller 
kinds on the outside, that will be very attractive and 
ornamental. Very pretty permanent foliage beds 
may be made with the dwarf-colored varieties if 
they are planted close together and sheared. The 
Yucca filamentosa, or Adam’s Needle, is valuable 
for an ornamental bed. It is always hardy, always 
green, and a magnificent object when in full bloom. 
Ornamental flower and foliage-beds made up of 
greenhouse plants should not be attempted, unless un¬ 
der the charge of one who has had experience in such 
work. Most florists who grow these plants can do the 
work in a satisfactory manner. Such beds are showy 
during their short season, but they are killed by the 
first frost, and from that time until the next June or 
July, when the beds are not covered with snow, they are 
bare and homely. There is not one-half the satis¬ 
faction to be derived from them as there is from a 
well-selected border of hardy herbaceous plants, which 
should be in every garden in some pretty spot away 
from the roots of large trees, and not too much exposed 
