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and at every turn new and interesting 

 variation in light and sliade and tre? 

 and shrub (ormations, all consistent 

 with a harmonious whole. Among the 

 greens there should be some purples or 

 orange in small or large quantities, 

 according to the strength of the color. 

 Yellows should be tempered with reds 

 or blues. This will give variety and 

 at the same time recognize the law of 

 harmony which presides over the 

 whole to prevent discord. It must not 

 preside too greatly, however, as it may 

 lead to monotony and lose the main 

 •feature of expression. A place might 

 be planted with only one kind of tree. 

 That would give unity and harmony, 

 but would leave out variety and pro- 

 duce tameness and monotony. Too 

 much variety would give a mere 

 hodge-podge of confusion. 

 Up to this time we have learned: 

 That we should give to a landscape 

 ey.pression derived from a close study 



they blossom white or pink or red In 

 colors tender and delicate. Then 

 comes the early foliage so fresh and 

 green, deepening as the summer ad- 

 vances. The ripened leaves flame in 

 autumnal glory when nature is richest 

 and best. Then the forest sows her 

 carpet of red and golden leaves and 

 the bare undraped trees sleep through 

 their winter rest, and seen from a 

 distance, the color of a leafless forest 

 against a snow-clad hill is extremely 

 fine to look upon. 



In arranging and planting trees or 

 in clearing away the unnecessary 

 parts, great care and judgment is 

 necessary not to get a stiff formal ap- 

 pearance. Don't have the trees equally 

 distant so they can grow into a round 

 ball, but let them be crowded in places, 

 that they may thus develop character. 

 In making an opening through the 

 wood in order to expose a desired 

 view be careful that it is made at a 



should be in lines which will more or 

 less lead up to it. Plants and shrub- 

 bery near the house can be of more 

 individual interest, while broader and 

 more general effects should prevail in 

 pans more remote. 



(To be continued.) 



Variety in Sky liiNE 



of nature and practice In choosing the 

 best. 



That art is the power of choosing 

 the best and expressing the most 

 And that "a thing of beauty and a joy 

 forever," must contain unity, harmony 

 and variety. 



These definitions apply to every 

 work of art. 



When we see a place without hills 

 or trees of any consequence, or any- 

 thing to break the monotony of the 

 landscape (for instance, nearly the 

 whole United States west of the 

 Mississippi River until we reach the 

 Rocky Mountain region) it is then we 

 realize how useful and what great 

 beautifiers trees are and how beauti- 

 ful are our rolling, forest-clad New 

 England hills. There are so many 

 kinds of trees and they can be used 

 in so many kinds of places and they 

 are so necessary fox the adornment of 

 nature and the comfort of humanity. 

 They give character and beauty and 

 variety of light and shade and color 

 and make the sky line varied and in- 

 teresting. The different seasons of 

 the year vary their beauty. In spring 



point where the view will present it- 

 self in the best composition. On one 

 side of the opening the trees should 

 be larger or more important or in a 

 more solid mass. It is never good 

 composition to have two separated 

 groups of trees of equal importance 

 standing near each other. One group 

 should dominate the other. 



Observe the grounds in early morn- 

 ing or just before sunset. Then is 

 the time that nature is most beautiful 

 in her effects of light and shadow. 

 Plan so that a fine distant view shall 

 have a good shadow across the fore- 

 ground That gives greater solidity 

 to the foreground and thus increases 

 the aerial softness of the distance. 

 When the ground is of a rolling nature 

 this may be emphasized by planting 

 taller kinds of trees on the higher 

 places; let the valleys have fewer and 

 smaller trees and low shrubbery. The 

 house is usually the most conspicuous 

 and Important part of an estate and 

 should be emphasized by backing it 

 up well with large growing trees which 

 will, in time, make a solid background. 

 The planting of the rest of the estate 



PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. 



Report of the Commissioners of 

 Lincoln Park, Chicago, for 1906. Ex- 

 penditures for the year for park and 

 boulevard maintainance and sundry 

 repairs and improvements amounted to 

 ?;-166,42S.17. 



U. S. Department of Agriculture, 

 Bureau of Entomology — Bulletin No. 

 05. The Tobacco Thrips, a new and 

 destructive enemy of shade-grown 

 tobacco. By W. A. Hooker. Issued 

 April 19, 1907. 



Bulletin 88, Experiment Station, Iowa 

 State College of Agriculture and 

 the Mechanic Arts, by L. H. Pammel, 

 R. E. Buchanan and Charlotte M. 

 liing, Ames, la. This bulletin treats 

 of tiie vitality, adulteration and im- 

 purieties of clover, alfalfa and timothy 

 seed for sale in Iowa in 1906. 



Annual Report of the State Board 

 of Horticulture of Colorado for the 

 year 1905. Martha A. Shute, Denver, 

 Secretary. This contains the pro- 

 ceedings of the annual meeting held 

 in Denver, December 27, 28 and 29, 

 1905, including a large number of very 

 valuable essays and papers on topics 

 of horticultural Interest. The index to 

 this volume is very complete and adds 

 greatly to its value as a reference 

 book. 



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