SUGGESTIONS FOR PLANTING TREES AND SHRUBS. 



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A CORNER OF THE GARDEN, LEVENS HALL, WESTMORLAND. 



and not overdone ; one copper Beech here and there in a park may look very \ve\\, but if they 

 constantly recur they make heavy blots in the landscape. 



With GOLLEN-LEAVED Plants the danger is that the}' should be too garish and 

 conspicuous, and it is very important not to plant golden forms of two different trees in close 

 proximity, as they quarrel with one another, and the more brilliant of the two kills the other. 

 It is impossible to name any two green-leaved trees which do not harmonise, but place, say, a 

 golden Yew and a golden Oak in juxtaposition and you will find that the result is mosf 

 unsatisfactory. I have seen frequently small gardens spoilt and vulgarised by the too free 



