The art of beautifying suburban home grounds of small extentWith descriptions of the beautiful and hardy trees and shrubs grown in the United States . Ol f \^ Oraf/e huntrr ?-?? \. AND GROUNDS. 169 briefly describe those features of the j^hice which need expla-nation. The front entrance of the place (the one at the bottom of thepage on the plate) is designed to have an elm tree arch over it,similar to that shown by Fig. 40 in Chapter XIV. The group A,on the right near the gate, may be entirely composed of rhodo-dendrons. The group E is composed of a pair of weeping silver-firs(nearest the gate
The art of beautifying suburban home grounds of small extentWith descriptions of the beautiful and hardy trees and shrubs grown in the United States . Ol f \^ Oraf/e huntrr ?-?? \. AND GROUNDS. 169 briefly describe those features of the j^hice which need expla-nation. The front entrance of the place (the one at the bottom of thepage on the plate) is designed to have an elm tree arch over it,similar to that shown by Fig. 40 in Chapter XIV. The group A,on the right near the gate, may be entirely composed of rhodo-dendrons. The group E is composed of a pair of weeping silver-firs(nearest the gate), the mugho pine on the left, and the dwarfwhite pine, J^. compacta, farthest from the gate. Group B, on the right, will shade the walk with the low andbroadly spreading top of the Kolreuteiia paiiiailata at its point,behind which may be another group of rhododendrons, and closeto the fence a compact border of hemlocks, which must be allowedto spread well upon the ground, and mingle their boughs with therhododendrons, but not to exceed eight or ten feet in height. The group C, with a sugar maple (in the place of which a pair ofMagnolia ^nachrophyllas, planted close togethe
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