Chap. XIV.] 



THE GARDENS OF VERSAILLES. 



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Were not ruined by being crowded together in close lines or 

 tortured by clipping. They are too thickly planted in parts, but 

 this did not prevent them becoming tall and noble trees. Indeed, 

 of many rare trees finer examples could not be found. Those who 

 plant with a hope that the trees may survive themselves in 



Stre.^m'.et in the Little Trianon {Spring). 



time, or may excel in beauty or dignity, should plant so that 

 overcrowding can never injure them. It does injure nine out of 

 ten of every kind of tree now planted for ornament. 



There is one feature in the gardens of the Little Trianon — a 



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