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wards towards the park in such manner that the pictur- 

 esque and beautiful were gradually and insensibly blended. 

 I offer this as a general example of the way in which 

 trees may be used so as to produce the best effect in the 

 landscape. 



When planting in the vicinity of a dwelling-house, 

 whether it be a mansion or a cottage, we often find our- 

 selves under considerable restraint, because the form of 

 the trees requires to be in harmony with the character of 

 the building. It may not be necessary to consider every 

 style or order of architecture as requiring a different assort- 

 ment of trees ; for our purpose it suffices to divide the 

 whole into perpendicular, of which the Gothic may be 

 given as an example, and the horizontal, which is fitly 

 exemplified by the Italian style. Irregular, round-headed, 

 and weeping trees are in character with either, but the 

 laminate and round-headed are most pleasing to my mind 

 in connection with the perpendicular, and the columnar 

 and irregular with the horizontal. If the building be low, 

 tall-growing trees should be avoided, and the round- 

 headed, the laminate, and weeping are especially desirable, 

 because they direct the eye horizontally and downwards. 

 It should ever be borne in mind that the presence of lofty 

 trees in proximity to a low building has the undesirable 

 influence of still further depressing it. 



As examples of the grouping of these representative 

 trees, the irregular and columnar and the irregular and 

 weeping will, I think, be most frequently available in 

 association. Two Scotch Pines and a Weeping Willow, 

 or a Scotch Pine and two Lombardy Poplars, make a 

 nice group when variety of form, colour, and character 

 are required. There is, however, scarcely any limit to the 

 variety that might be obtained by the combination of 

 these representative trees, but to make the best of them 

 two things are necessary a wide knowledge of the nature 

 and appearance of the trees, and a correct taste in order 

 to combine them in such a way that they are not only 



