Four Trees 



los and oaks of eastern New England it is 

 beautifully effective ; and, when a tree is 

 profusely used by Nature in our neighbor- 

 hoods, Nature should be our guide if we 

 want to use it in our pleasure-grounds. 



The canoe-birch is not so fragile and 

 graceful and feminine as its small gray cousin; 

 but its pure white trunk, contrasting w^ith 

 its dark green leaves, make it even more con- 

 spicuous. Where the gray birch may stand, 

 it also may often stand; and a fine specimen 

 sometimes looks well in isolation too. 

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