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the principal trees should be so chosen that 

 they will look better and better the older 

 they grow, while present effect may be chiefly 

 considered in others which are destined to 

 be cut as development progresses. 



Texture changes less with the passage of 

 years than form. Color is practically per- 

 sistent year after year, but alters from month 

 to month ; and this fact should also be borne 

 in mind. There are some trees, like the 

 yellow-wood, which are of a medium tint 

 in the middle of summer, but of a yellowish 

 green in spring, and it is unv\-ise to place 

 them where during a few weeks they will not 

 look well, even if later on they assume a har- 

 monious hue. And our brilliant autumnal 

 effects should also be more carefully consid- 

 ered than they are to-day. 



The knowledge we need to gain, if we are 

 to make the best of our opportunities for 

 planting, is not a mere knowledge of the 

 various forms and colors and textures that 

 we may And in trees — it is a knowledge of 

 trees themselves. Each species, each vari- 

 ety, presents itself to us as a whole made up 

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