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zias and a juniper. Much the same effect could have been 

 secured, and with much less trouble, by laying two flour barrels 

 end to end and standing a third one between them. 



I must hasten 

 to say that I have 

 not the shghtest 

 objection to the 

 shearing of trees. 

 The only trouble 

 is in calling the 

 practice art and 

 in putting the 

 trees where peo- 

 ple must see them 

 (unless they are 

 part of a recog- 

 nized formal-gar- 

 den design) . If 

 the operator sim- 

 ply calls the busi- 

 ness shearing, and 

 puts the things 

 where he and oth- 

 ers who like them 

 may see them, 

 objection could 

 not be raised. 



18. A bit of semi-rustic work built into a native growth, r^ ^•^ ^ 



^ Some persons like 



painted stones, others iron bulldogs in the front yard and 

 the word '' welcome" worked into the door-mat, and others 

 like barbered trees. So long as these hkes are purely per- 

 sonal, it would seem to be better taste to put such curiosities 

 in the back yard, where the owner may admire them without 

 molestation. 



