202 LANDSCAPE-GARDENING 



which the valley is seen, at this point being about a 

 mile wide. In the valley are green wheat fields in 

 good condition for the coming winter. There are 

 other fields containing shocks of corn, farm buildings 

 nestling among groups of trees and shrubs, and pas- 

 ture land with scattering herds of cattle. The open- 

 ing through which these are seen is bounded along 

 the roadside by a growth of wild roses and elder- 

 berries, and is terminated at the south side with an 

 extended group of sugar maples. After passing the 

 maples, the road follows a nearly straight course 

 for some distance, and then turns to the right, but 

 gradually reverses, passing around a transverse ridge 

 which is covered with native woods. The growth 

 seen immediately in front, as one approaches this 

 turn to the right, is largely composed of hemlocks 

 and yellow birches. There are also touches here and 

 there of red-branched dogwoods, and shortly before 

 reaching the turn there is a ravine which is included 

 in the woodland and separated from the pasture by 

 a fence. Looking up this ravine, at the bottom of 

 which there is a running stream, one can see a large 

 sycamore with its white trunk. Around the base 

 of the sycamore and extending up and down the 

 stream are patches of Indian currants with their 



