Show horticulture TREES IN THE DOORYARD discussion of varieties to be used la beautifying the grounds about the house in reply to a correspondent who writes to inquire about the beautify ing of the grounds about his house the ohio fanner suggests the ing with a snug screen the northerly back corner of the dooryard being shaded by the house the corner could not be used for warm blooded flowers and should be kept wholly in glass however two or three rhododendrons or a single chinese magnolia would thrive nicely set in the angle leaving most of the narrow lawn tree I 1 would plant a tree north of the front corner of the house three feet from the fence and in line ath the front of the bouse this tree be a cut leafed weeping birch a catalpa spec losa 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 from the front of the 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 grower A western beauty apple tree did ex cellena service along these lines and still stands south of my house al though partly carried away by a wind storm when 25 years old it Is 40 feet high and as many feet broad an ohio nonpareil standing alone just north of my house spreads 55 feet and Is about 40 feet high it Is 30 years old from the root graft it a amely ornamental tree Is desired my choice would be a ferll norway maple this Is as good a grower as the plain norway but every young shoot in the spring Is ot a brilliant crimson get a young tree and start the branches low say two feet from the ground and it 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 30 inches and then be allowed or trained to grow nearly per making an available seat after halt a dozen years the front 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 six or more 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 the first hawthorn ten feet just inside the sidewalk plant a or white fringe this 1 g 1 as ift 1 l y j 21 W ayt aa af PLAN OF beautifying a very tall shrub or miniature tree clean neat and showy when in bloom between the hawthorns and 16 feet distant plant a weeping dogwood seriously I 1 do not see the necessity 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 the home of a wealthy farmer miles from home being called there to plan and advise about Ms 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 est treesa surely they are I 1 had to admit but they are so common even his fence comers had them and he could get them tor the digging so he wanted to waive the interest and edu cation centered in the better class ot little planted trees and plant maples because they were cheap I 1 have indicated in the plan a group ot tour bushes south of the back porch but the position they should oc cupy Is wholly uncertain the living or everyday side ot dooryards vary so in walks and outlook leaving these out and counting eleven beeches for screen there are 23 tree which should not cost with freight and cost of planting more than 18 this dooryard could therefore be furnished at less than the cost of a parlor carpet or an overcoat and the trees will outlast a dozen coats and carpets |