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THE TREE DOCTOR 



"wintered over," protected lightly after the ground is frozen ; 

 or the seed may be sown indoors in January and planted out in 

 spring. How nice when flowers are scarce to have an abun- 

 dance of Pansies! (Photo 168.) 



LANDSCAPING THE "FREE" OR NATURAL SYSTEM. 



To speak of landscaping as a "system" does not seem right, 

 there is no "system" in producing best results. The success- 

 ful landscaper, like the poet, is born, not made. It requires not 

 an imitative but a creative mind. It is only on comparatively 

 large grounds that the genius of the landscaper can be displayed 

 to perfection, though his services are invaluable on the smaller 

 estates. Take for example Photo 175, (at Miss Robinson's, I 

 think, Orienta, N. Y.) There is a gentle slope, an ease, about 

 the grade of the lawn. Then one tree in front of the house has 

 been pruned to give a nice vista from within. The ignorant 

 "Tree butcher" would have slashed off the lower branches of the 



Photo 176 

 On spacious Grounds of Gen. Carroll, Tarrytown, N. Y. 



