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LANDSCAPE GARDENING. 



be excusable should he attempt auy other treatment 

 than the picturesque effects usually found in such places. 

 Dark color masses and monotones have often a 

 weird and picturesque suggestion for the sympathetic 

 mind. This is even the case when expressed in the for- 

 mal outlines of the architectural style j but it is more 



FIG. 12. A PICTURESQUE TREE. TABLE MOUNTAIN PINE. 



strikingly true when the dark monotones appear in 

 masses of black spruces, or similarly dark foliaged 

 plants. The deep, dark shadows of mountain sides add 

 noticeably to the effectiveness of the scene, and to the 

 quality here considered. 



A much broken sky line is not always desirable in 

 other styles of gardening, particularly in the natural. 

 It is, indeed, one of the first points of instruction nsu- 



