STUDENT LIFE. objects in the distance. For example, by interposing trees we might cut off the view of a gravel pit or quarry hole and by the openings between them appropriate to ourselves a glimpse of a mountain side, a bend of a river, or a fine stretch of meadows . Trees should not be planted too close to buildings, for besides keeping the house too damp, they cannot make their most beautiful growth in cramped locations. Before planting a tree we should consider what space it will need when it is fully matured. Trees nearest the hou e should be of the decid uous character, for then we get the shade in summer when it is so necessary, and the bare branches do not exclude unlight when it is wanted in winter. Poplars and cottonwoods are the pioneers of arboriculture in the we t, but the pioneer days are pas ing and these hardy, rugged veterans should give place to a more ten ler and beautiful race, such as the ash, the maple, the elm, the birch. the walnut, the catalpa, etc. All of the e tree and many more will o-row and. 10 well with only ordinary attention. There are many hardy hrubs that grow and flower abundantly here, notably the lilac or syringa, the philadelphu , the flowering cur-
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rant, the tartarian honey uckle, the Japan quince, and many others. 10st people in planting shrubs make the mistake of putting them in singly. Shrubs are hardly of sufficient size to have the dignity of isolated positions. They do best in clumps of considerable size, and in bloomino- at different seasons, each lends beauty to the whole group. hrubbery can be made to blend gradually into the grass by planting the ed o-es and odd corners of the clumps with annual or perennial flowers, or with the spring-flowering bulbs. It is quite unnecessary to give any li ts of flowers to use, for everyone has his fav路orites and individuality alone can give the needed charm. A class of plants capable of great beauty of effect ar the climbers . No rules can be given for their treatment; it ne Is the artistic eye and the careful and loving hand to make them how their charms. But what after all, is the use of rul s and directions in this matter, for have we not before us all the great garden of Jature where she hows her treasures, teaches her lessons, and displays her beauties for the observing eye and the reverent heart? W. N. H utt.