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compared to that from stately trees beneath the tall limbs of 

 which the cool air might circulate. It is easy to imagine the 

 effect of really well-grown trees along these superb avenues. 

 They only want room on all sides and freedom from the municipal 

 pruning-knife. For grand avenues trees must have space to 

 grow, and sufficient exposure to winds to cause them to anchor 



VIEW BY THE SEINE, Looking north from near the Bridge of Suresnes. 



Pc7'elof>itig vii-.vs of thii kind is better than dabbling »'' artificial ivater. This quiet nook of i lie 

 /•ark has escaped the attention of tite landscape-engineer ; there are, therefore, no false curves 

 on tlie banks, no hard straight margin, and no parallel walk. Compare this 7uith margins of 

 artificial water in this same park, and kerbstone to our man Serpentine. 



well in the soil on all sides. The lines of young Planes and other 

 trees are often planted at a distance not greater than from nine 

 to twelve feet from the dense, badly grown wood, so that their 

 tops touch ; and the trees themselves are often only fifteen feet 

 apart in the lines ! It is curious to notice how people persist 

 in wasting money in so planting trees that they can never attain 



