ARTIFICIAL FORESTS OF EUROPE 



powers of shade endurance, a dwarfed 

 yew tree, or a beech with refined, fan- 

 like spray, comes into notice in the 

 vista. 



If these are some of the changes 

 that are wrought in forests through 

 the application of a new science, if, 

 through forestry in Europe, one kind 

 of beauty has passed away and another 

 kind has been called forth, will our 

 own forests, it may be asked, un- 

 dergo in time similar alterations? 

 We cannot doubt that they will grow 

 more artificial ; but under the modified 

 application of the science of forestry 

 to our own conditions, so different 

 from those of Europe, the esthetic 

 changes to be looked for would be 

 difficult to predict. Nor would these 

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