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harmonize in their length and openness to the airy light cast 

 of its foliage, and it there becomes one of the most beautiful 

 of evergreens in its graceful tapering form and easy broken out- 

 line. For grouping with the larch, birch, etc., it is one of the 

 most appropriate among evergreens; and for planting in close 



FIG. 27. THS WHITE TINE. 



proximity to buildings, or points toward which it desired to 

 direct attention, it is particularly well suited. As a hedge or 

 screen plant it bears the shears well, and forms a wall second 

 only to the hemlock or Norway spruce. 



