Art Out-of-Doors 



harmonizes while it contrasts with the tree- 

 forms which are hkely to occur around it. 

 Where this tree can be used there is no ex- 

 cuse for a weeping willow ; and where it 

 cannot, then very certainly a weeping willow 

 is not wanted. 



The purple beech is normal in shape and 

 normal in texture, but its abnormal color 

 puts it on the list of eccentric^ and therefore 

 dangerous, trees. Rightly used, it may very 

 beautifully assist the effect of a garden-pict- 

 ure ; wrongly used, it may ruin it entirely. 



It should never figure in a distinctly rural 

 picture ; and, in a gardenesque picture it 

 should never look as though accident had 

 determined its place, for everyone knows 

 that it is not a natural species, but a chance 

 variety, artificially propagated. It should 

 never be planted in or near a wood, on a 

 rough hill-side, in a picturesque glen or hol- 

 low. Its place is in definitely ornamental, 

 well-tended, polished" grounds, near a 

 house, or in the more civilized parts of a 

 public pleasure-ground. Here it may stand 

 in isolation and be lovely to look upon, 



