The red-leaved tree illustrates a question which often arises in the 

 writer's mind as to whether trees and shrubs of this coloured foliage, 

 such as Prunus Pissardi and Copper Beech and Copper Hazel are not of 

 doubtful value in the general garden landscape. Trees of the darkest 

 green, as this very picture shows by its dark upright yews, are always of 

 value, but the red-leaved tree, though in the present case it has been 

 tenderly treated by the artist, is apt to catch the eye as a violent and 

 discordant patch among green foliage. Especially is this the case with 

 the darker form of copper beech, which, in autumn, takes a dull, solid, 

 heavy kind of colour, especially when seen from a little distance, that is 

 often a disfiguring blot in an otherwise beautiful landscape. 



The same criticism may occasionally apply to trees of conspicuous 

 golden foliage, but errors in planting these, though often made, may 

 easily be avoided by suitable grouping and association with white and 

 yellow flowers. Indeed it would be delightful to work out a whole 

 golden garden. 



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