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ON FORM IN TREE SCENERY. 



section. Deciduous trees are not only more varied in 

 character than evergreens, but they are also more pictorial. 

 There is the early and late budding of the leaves, the 

 varied tints of which give colour to the tree scenery of 

 spring ; there is the fully developed leaves of summer ; the 

 changing and brilliant hues of autumn ; and lastly, the 

 interesting variety of the spray and ramification visible in 

 the leafless trees in winter. 



Permit me to remark here that in my judgment there 



Fig. 9 The Beech. 



is no gain in rejecting either evergreen or deciduous trees 

 when planting. Evergreens, as a rule, are massive and 

 heavy ; deciduous trees are light. Evergreens alone pro- 

 duce gloom ; deciduous trees alone baldness a judicious 

 combination of the two is productive of higher results 

 than can be obtained by the exclusive use of either. 



3. ON THE FORM OF THE LEAVES. 



The effect of the form of the leaves, although more 

 marked than that of the spray and ramification, is not 

 appreciable at any very great distance. It is, however, 

 a most important feature from a near point of view. In 



