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gle kind of tree, to the exclusion of others, 

 around our dwellings. We do not on the lawn ; 

 why should we, when planting on the larger 

 scale? Although our chief aim may be to 

 secure trees for practical use, for shelter-belts 

 or for timber or fuel, there is no reason why 

 we should not combine beauty with utility. 

 We may make a belt of trees or a forest beau- 

 tiful, and more beautiful than it would be oth- 

 erwise, not only by our choice of trees, but by 

 our method of disposing of them in planting. 



Avoid Checker-Board Style. 



And we are inclined to emphasize this sug- 

 gestion, in reference to the West, and especially 

 to the prairie region, where there is so much 

 planting to be done. There nearly all the 

 roads and farm boundaries run in straight 

 lines, according to the Government surveys, and 

 as the result of those surveys. This is very 

 convenient for some purposes, but it is any- 

 thing but favorable to aesthetic or landscape 

 effect. It makes a great checker-board of the 

 western portion of our country. It gives it a 



