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Photo 173, Shorn Norway Spruces. 



in proportion to the foliage removed. The shorn hedge, in that 

 picture, was cut down the same time as the two Spruces, and 

 has been held practically at the same height ever since. 



As to whether the "ornamental" be adopted depends on lo- 

 cation. To adopt the use of ornamental trees in a city lawn 

 would be inexcusable if not reprehensible. In a city every- 

 thing is artificial ; hence all planting should be natural. Reverse 

 the order ; go out ten miles from a city, and see nothing but 

 weeds, elderberry and blackberry bushes and it is a relief to 

 come upon a place where an occasional shorn tree or bush 

 breaks the monotony. See the charming effect at Mr. Whether- 

 lee's/Orienta Point, N. Y., in Photo 134. 



