ON COLOUR IN TREE SCENERY. 463 



or columns of Ivy, provided that they be appropriately 

 placed. Here we have dark green, light green, green 

 blotched with gold, and green edged with silver, all 

 calculated to form permanent pictures. 



Standard and pyramidal golden Yews and golden 

 Hollies also form beautiful permanent pictures in the 

 garden. All permanent pictures are of course also winter 

 pictures, but the common Beech (Fagus sylvatica) deserves 

 special notice ; it holds its reddish-brown leaves through- 

 out the winter, and this colour stands in warm and 

 beautiful contrast with the Pines and other evergreens at 

 that season. The white bark of the Birch, the white, 

 purple, and yellow bark of certain species of Willows, the 

 red and yellow berries of the Holly, and the yellow and 

 black berries of the Privet are also invaluable for winter 

 decoration. 



I have often admired the effect of three large trees 

 placed in juxtaposition in a garden in my neighbourhood, 

 whether by accident or design I have no means of ascer- 

 taining. Near the bend of a river is a Weeping Willow, 

 the pale green drooping branches appearing in the distance 

 almost to sweep over the stream, Behind rises a mass of 

 the dark feathery Yew, the plumes of foliage waving in 

 beautiful contrast of motion, form, and colour. Still 

 farther behind, there appears in spring rigid masses of 

 Apple blossom, the snow-white crimson tinted flowers 

 blending in beautiful contrast with the dark and pale 

 green of the Yew and Willow. Here we have the ever- 

 green and deciduous forms in combination, but they are 

 most effective as a spring or summer picture. 



Of all the errors to be avoided in the association of 

 colours I would caution the planter against an arrange- 

 ment that should present a "spotty" appearance. Broken 

 lines, or irregular shapes of colour, appear to me more 

 desirable in forming plantations or belts, than figures with 

 a more easily definable outline. On the face of belts or 

 woods, three or five plants of a kind may be planted in a 



