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Landscape Gardening 



It will readily be seen, therefore, that spiry-topped trees 

 should always be planted in considerable quantities in wild, 

 broken, and picturesque scenes, where they will appear 

 perfectly in keeping, and add wonderfully to the peculiar 

 beauty of the situation. In all grounds where there are 

 abruptly varied surfaces, steep banks, or rocky precipices, 

 this class of trees lends its efficient aid to strengthen the 

 prevailing beauty, and to complete the finish of the picture. 

 In smooth, level surfaces, though spiry-topped trees cannot 



FIG. 18. OBLONG-HEADED TREE 



be thus extensively employed they are by no means to be 

 neglected or thought valueless, but may be so combined 

 and mingled with other round-headed and oblong-headed 

 trees, as to produce very rich and pleasing effects. A tall 

 larch or two, or a few spruces rising out of the centre of a 

 group, give it life and spirit, and add greatly, both by con- 

 trast of form and color, to the force of round-headed trees. 

 A stately and regular white pine or hemlock, or a few 

 thin groups of the same trees peeping out from amidst, or 

 bordering a large mass of deciduous trees, have great power 



