CHAPTER XIII 



TEEES 



If it is well understood — as it sliould be — 

 that the lawn surrounding the house is the 

 canvas upon which a picture is to be made, we 

 shall appreciate the fact that the extent to 

 which trees are planted will depend enfirely 

 upon the size of the lawn. Naturally, where 

 the area is small and the plot of grass is lim- 

 ited, more dependence must be placed on 

 shrubs than on trees. In a 3^ard of generous 

 dimensions, the trees have a place ; and, in such 

 situations, they are the legitimate materials 

 with which the landscape gardener obtains 

 many of his most effective results. 



PROPER SETTING FOR TREES 



In the city yard of small size, trees, espe-' 

 cially those which attain a great height, can not 

 be employed effectively. Here, if trees are 

 planted, very often the desired picture is 

 marred. It is, for instance, little less than ab- 



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