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zias and a jumper. Much the same effect could have been 

 secured, and with much less trouble, by laying two flour barrels 

 end to end and standing a third one between them. 



I must hasten 

 to say that I have 

 not the slightest 

 objection to the 

 shearing of trees. 

 The only trouble 

 is in calling the 

 practice art and 

 in putting the 

 trees where peo- 

 ple must see them 

 (unless they are 

 part of a recog- 

 nized formal-gar- 

 den design). If 

 the operator sim- 

 ply calls the busi- 

 ness shearing, and 

 puts the things 

 where he and oth- 

 ers who like them 

 may see them, 

 objection could 

 not be raised. 

 Some persons like 

 painted stones, others iron bulldogs in the front yard and 

 the word "welcome" worked into the door-mat, and others 

 like barbered trees. So long as these likes are purely per- 

 sonal, it would seem to be better taste to put such curiosities 

 in the back yard, where the owner may admire them without 

 molestation. 



18. A bit of semi-rustic work built into a native growth. 



