Art Out-of-Doors 



but the wound will be quickly healed by the 

 increased beauty of the trees which remain. 

 In like manner, when a single tree or a 

 whole group is detrimental in a wdder w^ay, — 

 when it hides a still more beautiful tree or 

 group, or a fine middle distance, or a lovely 

 stretch of horizon, when it hides anything 

 which would be of distinctly more value than 

 itself in the scene, or when it gives an un- 

 comfortable look of crowding and of exclud- 

 ing air and light, — then it should be sac- 

 rificed. And a like result will be sure to 

 follow : quick forgetfulness of the vanished 

 charm will come with the revelation of still 

 greater charms. 



It is impossible to take even the shortest 

 country or suburban walk without seeing 

 places which would be conspicuously im- 

 proved if some of their trees were felled. 

 Yet even when the benefits of their removal 

 are foreseen by the owner, how difficult it is 

 to persuade him to fell them ! The house 

 may be damp and dark from overshading; 

 finer trees may be concealed from sight ; a 

 delightful prospect may be shut ofi*; injury 

 may be worked in half a dozen ways, and 

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