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MANUAL OF GARDENING 



nity along the borders to distribute trees and shrubs that may 

 be desired as individual specimens. 



The motive that shears the trees also razes the copse, in order 

 that the gardener or "improver" may show his art. Compare 



Figs. 14 and 15. Many 

 persons seem to fear that 

 they will never be known 

 to the world unless they 

 expend a great amount of 

 muscle or do something 

 emphatic or spectacular; 

 and their fears are usually 

 well founded. 



It is not enough that 

 trees and bushes be planted 

 in masses. They must be 

 kept in masses by letting 



14. A rill much as nature made it. 



them grow freely in a natu- 

 ral way. The pruning- 

 knif e is the most inveterate 

 enemy of shrubbery. Pic- 

 tures 16 and 17 illustrate 

 what I mean. The former 

 represents a good group of 

 bushes so far as arrange- 

 ment is concerned, but it 

 has been ruined by the 

 shears. The attention of 

 the observer is instantly arrested by the individual bushes. 

 Instead of one free and expressive object, there are several stiff 



A rill ' 

 look 



improved," so that it will not 

 'ragged" and unkempt. 



