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English districts, and therefore our studies of these 

 essentially Southern trees will not have been in vain. 

 There are two totally different greens typical in early 

 spring of all Italian hillsides under deep strong shadow : 

 one is the dark green of stone pine, the other the slightly 

 yellowish green of cypress (Fig. 129). 



Fig. 129. 



Wherever a student explores it is good to make sketches 

 of any natural tree-planting that pleases ; for, even if the 

 groups of trees in other gardens are not copied, the mere 

 fact of noticing and drawing a good clump of trees 

 unconsciously teaches. Where dense shadow is needed, 

 along a very sunny path or the approach to a shrine or 

 burial-ground in Italy, we see a long row of cypresses 



