26 MANUAL OF GARDENING 
zias and a juniper. 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. 
