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[Fig. 16. Grouping to produce the Beantifal.j 



pruned with great care, and indeed scarcely at all, except 

 to remedy disease, or to correct a bad form. Above all, 

 the full luxuriance and development of the tree should be 

 encouraged by good soil, and repeated manurings when 

 necessary ; and that most expressively elegant fall and 

 droop of the branches, which so completely denotes the 

 Beautiful in trees, should never be warred against by any 

 trimming of the lower branches, which must also be care- 

 fully preserved against cattle, whose browsing line would 

 soon efface this most beautiful disposition in some of our 

 fine lawn trees. Clean, smooth stems, fresh and tender 

 bark, and a softly rounded pyramidal or drooping head, 

 are the characteristics of a Beautiful tree. We need not 

 add that gently sloping ground, or surfaces rolling in easy 

 undulations, should accompany such plantations. 



Planting and Grouping to pkoduce the PicTUKBsauE. 

 All trees are admissible in a picturesque place, but a pre- 

 dominance must be used by the planter of what are truly 

 called picturesque trees, of which the larch and fir tribe 



