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ing it should be usually of the same or a similar kind, in 

 order that they may grow up together and form one finely 

 rounded head. Rich creepers and blossoming vines, that 

 grow in fine luxuriant wreaths and masses, are fit accom- 

 paniments to occasional groups in this manner. Fig. 9 

 represents a plan of trees grouped along a road or walk, so 

 as to develop the Beautiful.* 



FIG. 9. TREES GROUPED TO PRODUCE THE BEAUTIFUL 



It is proper that w r e should here remark, that a distinct 

 species of after treatment is required for the two modes. 

 Trees, or groups, where the Beautiful is aimed at, should be 

 pruned with great care, and indeed scarcely at all, except 

 to remedy disease, or to correct a bad form. Above all, 

 the full luxuriance and development of the tree should be 

 encouraged by good soil, and repeated manurings when 

 necessary; and that most expressively elegant fall and 

 droop of the branches, which so completely denotes the 

 Beautiful in trees, should never be warred against by any 

 trimming of the lower branches, which must also be care- 



* The original figure is here reproduced, from which it may be re- 

 marked that the grouping is both too scattered and too crowded to meet 

 the modern taste. The best practitioners of the present day would make 

 closer masses contrasting with wider open spaces. -- F. A. W. 



