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trees; measure distances a[)art and draw the <^ruund j)Ian to 

 scale, and sketch or photognqjh the groups. 



Rules for grou|)ing trees are sometimes given. The lollow- 

 ini>' are modilied from different authorities as su*rLrestive and 

 practical. 



1. Specimen trees — those which stand alone — siiould Im- 

 chosen for special beauty or cliaracter ; oaks, clicstnuts, hhick 



Fig. 38. A specimen of nature's plantinir 



walnuts, old pines, and cedars for massive strcnglli and dig- 

 nity; hemlock, elm, larch, and spruce and tlir hiivhcs for 

 graceful tracery of form and outline: ("oloiailo hluc spruce, 

 purple beech, Schwedler, swamp and Japanese maplrs for ricli 

 colorino-. 



2. Groups should not l)e too compact, and on estates of 

 limited extent are generally more effective if made up ol" trees 

 of different characters. They should he imsynnnctricak irreg- 

 ular, ''natural" in form. The taller trees slx^ild, of course, 

 occupy tlic center, or form the 1)a('kground in l)oundary-line 



