Show horticulture i t TREES IN THE DOORYARD discussion of varieties to be used ta in beautifying the about the house in reply to a correspondent who writes to inquire about the beamut beautify afy lag ing of the grounds about his house the ohio larmer barmer suggests the ing tug with a snug screen the nor northerly therl y back corner of the dooryard bein being 9 shaded by the house the corner could not be used for warm blooded flowers and should be kept wholly in grass however two or three rhododendrons or a single chinese magnol a would thrive nicely set in the angi angl leaving most of the narrow lawn I 1 ee I 1 would plant a tree north of the front corner of the house three feet from the fence and in line v alth ith the front of the bo ho ise this atiee ti ee may bp be a cut leafed weeping birch a catalpa spec losa tosa or a cut leafed alder the last is a very beautiful round headed tree and is not often seen in ohio on the other side of the yard near the side but ten feet farther flom the front of the bouse house a large shade tree should be planted it should branch ow so that the children can climb into it and should be a rapid growel A western beauty apple tree did ex e cellena service along these lines and still stands south of my ho ise al though partly carried away by a wind storm when fy a years old it is 40 teet feet high and as many teet feet broad an ohio nonpareil standing alone just north of my house spreads 55 teet feet and is about 40 feet high it is 30 years old from the root graft it if a p bely ornamental tree Is de sired my choice would be a leril lerit norway maple this is as good a grower as the plain norway but every young shoot in the spring Is ot of a it brilliant crimson get a young tree and start the branches low say two feet from the ground and it if necessary to carry the top above a carriage drive trim up the several branches making trunks of them one toward the east might be compelled by tying to stakes to grow horizontally out from the trunk SO 30 inches and then be allowed or trained to glow nearly per making an available seat after halt half a dozen years the front ot of the yard may be plant ed by placing beyond the sidewalk at each front corner a horse chestnut one with white blossoms the other with red this would remove the cen ter of the tree some sit six or more teet feet from the front edge of the lot and en large the lot to that extent it would be well to plant two feet within the lot lines so as not to encroach upon the owners of adjoining lots who might cut the trees in case of such encroachment twelve feet diagonally from the northern horse chestnut plant a white double hawthorn and up the line fence to the east 12 feet plant a scarlet double flowered haw thorn south of 0 the first hawthorn ten feet just inside the sidewalk plant a or white fringe this la Is 6 I 1 I 1 ZO at ont a 67 11 a ecca I 1 4 9 L PLAN OF DOORYARD beautifying a very tall shrub or miniature mIn lature tree clean neat and showy when in bloom between the hawthorns and 16 feet distant plant a weeping dogwood Ser seriously louly I 1 do not see the necessity 0 of doing as many do when selecting trees to put in a dooryard that Is get ting the cheapest and commonest to be had the past summer I 1 was at st the home of a wealthy farmer miles from home being called there to plan and advise about his dooryard we were discussing trees and I 1 was trying to impress upon him the beau ties of some of the trees mentioned above when after listening patiently awhile he broke in with the question are not sugar maples one of our fin fill est eat trees surely they are I 1 had to admit but they are so common even his fence corners comers had them and he could get them for the digging so he wanted to waive the interest and edu cation centered in the better class of little planted trees and plant maples because they were cheap I 1 have indicated in the plan a group ot of tour four bushes south of the back porch but the position they should oc cupy Is wholly uncertain the living or everyday side ot of dooryards vary so in walks and outlook leaving these out and counting eleven beeches tor for screen there are 23 trees which should not cost with freight and cost of planting more than 18 this dooryard could therefore be furnished at less than the cost ot of a parlor carpet or an overcoat and the trees will outlast a dozen coats and carpets |