The same editor, in advising a new beginner how to plant his ornamental grounds, says : " It often becomes very desirable to plant trees that grow fast, and to select those which will furnish a shade the soonest. Several different kinds properly arranged, have a much better appearance than plantations of a single sort, and we would name among the rapid growers, the silver maple, the European larch, the chestnut, the common or American elm, the black walnut, and for the remote parts of the ground a few ailanthus trees. The silver poplar is an exceedingly rapid grower and one or two in a plantation make a fine appearance, the strong objection to its suckering being partly removed by planting it where these would be less objectionable, and by digging the suckers up carefully a few times while in leaf and growing, and not in spring before the leaves up pear. Some of the oaks, when they become old and spreading, are the finest of all shade trees, and although slower of growth, should not be omitted in a plantation of any considerable extent.

A few evergreens may be interspersed among the other trees - the Norway spruce is hardy and a fast grower".