ON WOOD AND PLANTATIONS. 13T 



and scenes of limited extent, the apparent size and 

 breadth may be increased, by planting a majority of the 

 trees in the foreground, of dark tints, and the boundary 

 with foliage of a much lighter hue. In the same way, the 

 apparent breadth of a piece of water will be greatly added 

 to, by placing the paler colored trees on the shore 

 opposite to the spectator. These hints will suggest other 

 ideas and examples of a similar nature, to the minds 

 of those who are alive to the more minute and exquisite 

 beauties of the landscape. 



An acquaintance, individually, with the different 

 pecies of trees of indigenous and foreign growth, which 

 may be cultivated with success in this climate, is 

 absolutely essential to the amateur or the professor of 

 Landscape Gardening. The tardiness or rapidity of their 

 growth, the periods at which their leaves and flowers 

 expand, the soils they love best, and their various habits 

 and characters, are all subjects of the highest interest to 

 him. In short, as a love of the country almost commences 

 with a knowledge of its peculiar characteristics, the pure 

 air, the fresh enamelled turf, and the luxuriance and 

 oeauty of the whole landscape ; so the taste for the 

 embellishment of Rural Residences must grow out of an 

 admiration for beautiful trees, and the delightful effects 

 they are capable of producing in the hands of persons of 

 taste and lovers of nature. 



Admitting this, we think, in the comparatively meagre 

 state of general information on this subject among us, we 

 shall render ah acceptable service to the novice, by giving 

 a somewhat detailed description of the character and 

 habits of most of the finest hardy forest and ornamenta.' 

 trees. Among those living in the country, there are 



