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leaved). Some compound leaves associate well enough 

 with the needle-shaped, and others produce a better effect 

 associated with the round or cut leaved. The lanceolate 

 is perhaps the most useful and accommodating form, as it 

 stands well in contact with almost any of the others. 

 Any one desirous of obtaining a full and accurate know- 

 ledge of this art would, however, gain more correct views 

 in a single hour by walking among the objects to be dealt 

 with, and placing them, mentally or otherwise, in juxta- 

 position, than could be conveyed by a week's writing or 

 talking. 



I will give two or three instances where I have been 

 enabled to some extent to carry out the views I have 



Fig. 13. Fig. 14. 



endeavoured to enunciate, and these may be inspected by 

 any who may be inclined to pursue the subject. 



In carrying out rmprovements in the Temple Gardens, 

 London, it was required of me to hide from the view 

 of the Parliament Chamber a block of unmeaning buildings 

 on the other side of the river. The variety of trees was 

 'limited by the climate of London ; and further, a huge 

 Catalpa stood in the way a tree of historic fame. As 

 this could not be removed, the round formal head of the 

 Catalpa was brought in closest contact with trees of 

 irregular form, and its broad leaves were associated with 



