GARDENS NEAR THE SEA 



maples, it is remarkable for the speed with which it 

 grows. 



There is a quality about weeping trees that places 

 them much in harmony with the sea. They seem to 

 have realized its unconquered power and to have laid 

 down their arms, contenting themselves with growing 

 in a way that acts as a protection against its fury. 

 Weeping trees also seem more suitable to plant in 

 hollows or slight declivities than on rising ground. 

 They then sink into their environment and help its 

 completeness, while it seems as if an elevation were 

 better carried out and accentuated by upright, pyra- 

 midal trees. Two minds, however, do not always 

 work identically in the planting of trees outside the 

 garden. It is as largely a matter of taste as is the 

 arrangement of the interior of the home. A solitary 

 weeping willow set on the top of a steep slope is an 

 offense to the eye of one, while to that of another it 

 but holds a proper position of prominence. 



In fact, no general directions can be given concerning 

 which tree is best to plant here and which one is best 

 to plant there, because each home ground is governed 

 by its own position. But whether the place be very 

 near to or at a considerable distance from the sea, 

 in either case a strong effort should be made to plant 

 trees on and about the lawn, that the house may be 

 surrounded with an atmosphere of shade and comfort. 



I shall never forget the first impression of a sea- 

 shore place I was once asked to visit in the enchanting 

 month of June. The house, built like a castle, sat at 

 the top of an elevation which rose abruptly from the 



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