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sired, nothing is better to plant than these trees; but better trees, 

 as maples, oaks, or elms, should be planted with them, and the 

 poplars and willows should be removed as rapidl}' as the other 

 species begin to afford protection. When the plantation finally 

 assumes its permanent characters, a few of the remaining 



33. A spring expression worth securing. Catkins of the small poplar. 



poplars and willows, judiciousl}^ left, ma}' afford very excel- 

 lent effects; but no one who has an artist's feeling would be 

 content to construct the framework of his place of these rapid- 

 growing and soft-wooded trees. 



I have said that the legitimate use of poplars in ornamental 

 grounds is in the production of minor or secondary effects. 

 As a rule, they are less adapted to isolated planting as sped- 



