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can then see more and better from shaded points of observation than we 

 can from light points. 



It is not always convenient to give shade to small pathways in gardens 

 and shrubbery near a house by means of large shade trees ; nevertheless 

 they should have their succession of lights and shades of themselves. 

 The path itself may often be beautifully shaded over with plants for a 

 distance suitable to the proportions of the scenery. Blue Clematis over 

 Silver Birches can be made eminently successful ; Golden Roses can cover 

 Birches over the paths in a similar manner, and many other such charm- 

 ing impressions can be secured in suitable climates. When trees are 

 used for climbers, only those must be chosen with roots that do not 

 destroy the climber. Many suitable species of Hawthorns can be found. 

 Lombardy Poplars and Silver Birches are most useful for this purpose, 

 as they give a special winter effect by their white bark, and thus provide 

 pleasantly for the whole year effect. 



The Residential Promenades. 



Any house, no matter what its size, requires a good promenade in con- 

 nection, shaded and made delightful with sweet-scented plants. Such a 

 promenade should be twenty or thirty feet wide. These can often be of 



Fig. 173.— Outlines of Vegetation, fob the Tekminus of a Lawn. 



great assistance to the house, in forming base work to develop the build- 

 ings ; in this case shade trees have often to be scarce, but then the shaded 

 part of the house can be selected for walking in summer-time, and the 

 sunny side for winter. Sweet-scented plants should ever surround a 

 house so that every open window is bathed in the perfume. 



Parklands are developments of the beauty of trees and grass. They 

 are not woodlands of what the woodmen call sticks — poles with a mop on 

 top. Tree beauty is seen only in full development when the branches, 



