100 COMMON SENSE GARDENS 



peace of mind, the two principal objects to be 

 considered when arranging one's grounds. 



White Pine trees should always be planted if 

 there is any place for them. The New Englanders 

 used them in rows in front of their houses, or for 

 screens and wind-breaks; or they placed them on 

 some commanding knoll as silent sentinels over 

 the other trees, and as such they were a distinct 

 addition to the grounds. Bordering a road they 

 are most impressive when the Winter wind sways 

 their graceful tops and soughs through their 

 branches with the weird melody of an ^F.olian 

 harp. They are good trees to use for making 

 alleys; the ground beneath them becomes in time 

 thickly carpeted with their needles and decorated 

 with their cones. They live to a great age and 

 grow to the height of a hundred and fifty feet or 

 more in some localities, but as time adds to their 

 stature their appearance is often changed ; the lower 

 branches die or are lopped off to give light and air 

 when their growth and that of the neighbouring 

 trees has become too dense. Two White Pines 

 placed conspicuously, near the house, will give a 

 minor cadence to the general planting that is often 



