GARDEN DESIGN 



still water because their reflections 

 complete a curve. Trees with rugged 

 contours, such as Scotch firs accen- 

 tuate broken ground. These obser- 



* k vations apply to single specimens 



whose outlines are well defined. In 

 groups one relies more on colour 

 and texture for effect. 



The colour of trees is a very vari- 

 able quality. Such freaks as copper 

 and golden varieties are commonly 

 recognized, but few persons, unless 

 unusually observant, or accustomed 

 to sketching, realise the immense 

 range of green displayed by ordinary 

 foliage. The pines strike the deep- 

 est note of rich blue green, and be- 

 tween this and the silver grey of 

 willows is a vast range of colours all 

 included in the term " green." Dark 

 greens convey a gloomy wild impres- 

 sion, light greens, as in the beech, 

 are cheerful, and grey greens are 



~T?~ peaceful, and trees of these " tem- 



peraments " should be planted 

 where the surroundings correspond. 

 Grey is peculiarly suited to still 

 water, for the richness of the sha- 



JBeech dowed parts reflected in the water 

 DIAGRAM 82. blends with the blue sky reflections 



