The Beauty of Trees 



further increased. Even the difference in 

 substance between the fohage of the Ameri- 

 can and the European beech — the latter be- 

 ing somewhat stiffer and much glossier — 

 makes a difference in the expression of the 

 two trees ; and there is a great contrast in 

 expression, despite much similarity in form 

 and structure, between the white oak with 

 its large, round-lobed, dull-surfaced leaves, 

 the scarlet oak with its deeply cut and 

 glossy leaves, and the willow -oak with its 

 very small, simply outlined and still glos- 

 sier leaves. A uniform texture, caused by 

 comparatively small leaves regularly and 

 thickly distributed over the branches, gives 

 a tree a quiet, restful look ; and a broken, 

 spotted texture, caused by sparse, scattered, 

 and conspicuously cut leaves (as in the but- 

 ton-wood), gives it an unquiet look. 



All such facts, the commonplaces of the 

 landscape-gardener, . should be noted and 

 appraised by everyone who aspires to the 

 title of a lover of trees. There are none 

 richer in possibilities of pleasure to the cul- 

 tivated eye, even if actual work in the way 

 of planting is not in question ; for, while 



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