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Titse. The same trees are useful as windguards round 

 vineyards, orchards, etc. 



Though many advise planting ornamental and othei 

 trees along the sides of the high-roads, this can only be 

 done where the roads run over sandy or rocky soil, oi 



124- — linbinia pseudo -acacia— Leaves and flowers of locust-tree. 



are macadamised. Otherwise, the trees become trouble- 

 some : they prevent the road from drying after rain or 

 thaw. 



Miich taste, as well as discernment, is required in 

 planting a piece of land so that it shall be really orna- 

 mental. Thus, where the house is low, with a flat roof, 

 trees of an oval or globular form must be rejected. An 



