78 COMMON SENSE GARDENS 



study every available position at different times 

 of the day in the fresh morning sunlight, in the 

 glare of midday, in the softer lights of afternoon 

 and at twilight, even in the light of the moon. 

 Do not be in too much of a hurry to plant, even if 

 trees and shrubs are conspicuous by their absence 

 and your eyes are hungry for the cool, umbrageous 

 green of rustling leaves; it is much better to make 

 haste slowly. In the course of time you will come 

 to know many places where you are sure that 

 trees should be placed, and you will have decided 

 upon the varieties that can be used to the best ad- 

 vantage. Stake out these spots, and after study- 

 ing the locations from different points of your 

 grounds in relation to adjoining conspicuous ob- 

 jects, such as the windmill of your neighbour or 

 his stable or house, you will change the stakes 

 many times, and stakes are much easier to trans- 

 plant than trees. Note well the aspect of the sur- 

 roundings in Winter, as well as in Spring when the 

 leaves are beginning to burst from their buds and 

 the quivering, pinkish green of the first awakening 

 is in the air; and later on when Nature is more 

 decorously clad in her high-neck Summer gown. 



