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ably placed to give the effect of being pushed 

 back from the central glade or more open 

 space. 



Trees cannot be set out however until the 

 various natural advantages and disadvantages 

 of the land itself have been considered and their 

 treatment decided upon. Where rough ground 

 exists the best course usually is to let every- 

 thing alone as nearly as possible, as in the 

 natural rock garden. But here also, as in the 

 rock garden, it is sometimes possible and highly 

 desirable to emphasize what actually is only a 

 very slight feature, thus turning it into a strik- 

 ing one. 



Thus a bank may be created where only a 

 slight dip exists; or a tree growing pictur- 

 esquely away from the perpendicular through 

 some mischance may be brought into promi- 

 nence by stripping away growth that obscures 

 its peculiarity. A stump offers opportunity for 

 evolving sometimes a seat, sometimes a natu- 

 ral bird basin; a dead tree trunk standing in- 

 vites a native vine like the clematis of our 

 woods, or the wild grape or woodbine or bitter- 

 sweet — or fallen it may become a chief feature 

 by disposing it a little differently if need be, to 

 make it a seat or to bridge a depression. The 

 suggestions lying in the place itself and in such 



