IV PREFACE. 



landscape gardener in the creation of taste and effect ; 

 but have written with a view to meet a popular and 

 general want of the public when performing their 

 own planting, as brought to my knowledge in my 

 professional life. 



If the hints here offered assist, even to a limited 

 extent, in creating more judicious placing of tree or 

 shrub in private gardens or public cemeteries, the 

 object of writing will be accomplished ; and with 

 hope thereof it is offered to the public. 



CLEVELAND, OHIO, June, 1868. 



