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ment of its best form; while by a different arrangement in planting, 

 the beauties of all the smaller shrubs might be lost to the eye, and 

 their growth marred by the domineering habits of the larger ones. 

 It will be noticed that in this vignette the weeping elm forms the 

 centre of the group. Close to it may be planted some of the large 

 shrubs Which flourish in partial shade and under the drip of trees. 

 Outside of these a few of the smallest class of trees, of peculiar 

 and diverse forms, and then the smaller and finer shrubbery 

 arranged to carry out the spirit of the rule. No engraving, 

 however, can do justice to the variety of character in foliage, 

 flowers, forms, and colors, that such a group may be made to 

 exhibit. 



Rule IV. 



On small lots plant no trees which quickly attain great size, if it is 

 intended to have a variety of shrubs or flowers. 



The fourth rule is somewhat difficult to illustrate, because of 

 the frequency with which good taste may insist on exceptions to it. 

 Few suburban places are so small that one or two large trees, not 

 far from the house, will not add greatly to their home-look and 

 summer comfort. Trees which overhang the house and form a 

 background, or vernal frame-work for it, are the crowning beauty 

 of a home picture. But, in planting small lots, the need of a few 

 fruit trees, such as cherries and pears, which one cannot well do 

 without, and which, for the safety of the fruit, must be near or 

 behind the house, is a necessity that obliges us to dispense with 

 the grandeur of great trees where their beauty is most effective, 

 and to endeavor to develop another type of beauty for small 

 places, viz. : that of artistic elegance in the treatment of small 

 things. And it is some satisfaction to know that, with the latter, 

 what we attempt may be achieved in a few years, while, if we set 

 about planting to secure the nobler effect of large trees, a life-time 

 will be. required to see its consummation. Where any large tree is 

 already growing, the style of planting must conform to its position, 

 size, and character ; but where the plantation is on a bare site, the 

 rule is a proper one to follow. In the former case the fine tree is 



