The Beauty of Trees 



color of its foliage is not the only thing 

 which determines the color of a tree. Its 

 trunk and branches are often very apparent 

 and are sometimes very striking in color. 

 The foliage of the canoe-birch would not, of 

 itself, make it a very conspicuous tree, but 

 the contrast between its dark glossy leaves 

 with their paler under sides and its pure 

 white bark makes it so very striking that it 

 is difficult to place it harmoniously. The 

 lighter hue of the foliage of the gray birch 

 is also accentuated by the whitish gray of its 

 bark, as the mottled appearance given the 

 button-wood by the shape and disposition 

 of its leaves is accentuated by the mottled 

 color of its splitting and peeling bark. 

 There is no end to the varieties of combina- 

 tion thus presented for the planter's use ] and, 

 although each one renders his task more 

 complicated and difficult, each affords him 

 a new chance for some specially beautiful 

 effect, if he can learn how to use it rightly. 



Form, texture, and color — these, then, 

 are the three qualities to be considered when 

 trees are studied for their artistic value. 



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