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but how diversified are its shades ! In the deciduous 

 class of trees, these shades range from the silvery gray 

 of the Huntingdon willow and white poplar through 

 the light-green of the larch and lime, the full green of 

 the sycamore and oak, to the dull, dilute green of the 

 alder. And in the evergreen sj^ecies, the shades pass 

 i'rom the silvery or glaucous tints of the Atlas and 

 Himalayan cedars to the darlc-green of the holly and 

 yew, and the almost black-green of the aged Scotch 

 fir. Here, then, are abundance of colors for the land- 

 scape-artist — colors requiring from him most attentive 

 consideration, and on the skillful and harmonious em- 

 ployment of which the success of his work will, in a 

 measure, depend. "We have selected the names of a 

 number of trees and shrubs usually employed for dec- 

 orative purposes, and arranged them under the differ- 

 ent shades of green respectively exhibited by them. 

 Our readers will understand that we have designedly 

 omitted the abnormal tints, such as occur in the pur- 

 ple beech and in the variegated hollies and sycamores ; 

 and that, in some of those given, the shades named 

 are only approximations. On some poor, clayey and 

 wet soils, common and Portugal laurels have a light- 

 yellowish tint. In the shade, the hemlock spruce and 

 common yew preserve a dark-green ; in exposed situ- 

 ations, they are sometimes of a brownish green. 



