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Fig. 36. 



of the curved stems must be cut back to prevent them from becom- 

 ing leaders. Fig. 36 shows one development of this mode of 

 training ; the sides and top having been trimmeil in mosque- 

 dome form, the curve of the living frame of the pavilion being 

 well adapted to produce it. It will require from twelve to fifteen 

 years to perfect such a pavilion, but the group will be pretty, and 

 interesting at every stage of its growth. In this, as in most other 

 things in life, it is well to remember Shakespeare's lines — 



"What's won is &ow;— joy's soul lies in ike doing." 



A pretty ^■ariation of the above plan, for larger verdant pavil- 

 ions, may be created by simply 

 bending the tree-tops towards the 

 centre in the manner above de- 

 scribed, but not close together, 

 leaving a circular opening six feet 

 wide over the centre, in the man- 

 ner of a dome sky-light. 



The fir trees, though fine for 

 lofty screens or hedges, have more 

 rigid wood, and do not bear so 

 much bending ; still very beauti- 

 ful results of a similar kind may 

 be produced with the Norway 

 spruce, which is the best of the 

 firs for this purpose. It bears cut- 

 ting quite as well as the hemlock. 

 The Cyprcssus Lawsoiiiana which 

 combines a rapid growth, and the freedom of the hemlock, with 

 arbor-vitK-likc foliage, will be an admirable tree for large works of 

 this kind, if it continues to prove hardy. 



The pines are mostly disposed to drop their lower limbs as 

 they increase in height, and this peculiarity may be availed of 

 in producing other forms of growth. If, for instance, it is desired 

 to make an evergreen umbrage in which to take tea out of doors 

 in summer, it may be provided by planting four white pines, say 

 tweh-e feet apart each way ; and when they are from eight to ten 



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