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and may not survive many more years. When it needs to be taken out we want to plant another type of maple, probably a sugar, along the front sidewalk. The plum tree certainly would need to be removed then. 3) Relocate the burning bush which is presently along the sidewalk at the southeast corner of our front yard, adjacent to 1091, to the northeast corner, near 1095. Surround it with a barberry shrub, a hosta, and some perennials (Ajuga) as suggested by Garry Roberson. 4) Plant a yellow rose bush where the burning bush was removed, and form a bed, defined by a red brick border, in the general shape that Garry suggests. Plant Ajuga in that bed. Side Yard. 5) Remove the slender "volunteer" tree that has seeded itself between our house and the McDonnells, near the dining room windows of both houses. In its place plant either a weeping crabapple, as recommended by Roberson, or a thornless hawthorne, as suggested by Barncourt. We are consulting with the McDonnells in selection of this tree. Back Yard. 6) Remove the existing row of spirea (planted five years ago) from the fence along the northwest, adjoining 1095.. Plant a row of Amur Privet, as suggested by Dave Barncourt. 7) Remove the curving concrete walk; retain the red brick one. Add a small patio of red brick at the foot of the stairs leading from the porch, as shown in the Barncourt plan. Our back yard presently has two walks from the door to the garage; these are shown in the Roberson plan. We wish to remove the curving concrete one since it is lower than the yard and water collects there; it was a sheet of ice all winter. We would like to retain the red brick walk and expand on it a bit to form a small seating area, in lieu of the wooden deck we removed last summer. Another reason we would like to remove the concrete walk is to maximize the central grassy area of the yard; thus we do not favor v