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but how diversified are its shades ! In the deciduous 

 class of trees, these shades range from the silvery _gray 

 of the Huntingdon willow and white poplar through 

 the light-green of the larch and lime, the full green of 

 the sycamore and oak, to the dull, dilute green of the 

 alder. And in the evergreen species, the shades pass 

 from the silvery or glaucous tints of the Atlas and 

 Himalayan cedars to the dark-green of the holly and 

 yew, and. the almost black-green of the aged Scotch 

 fir. Here, then, are abundance of colors for the land- 

 scape-artist — colors requiring from him most attentive 

 consideration, and on the skillful and harmonious em- 

 ployment of which the success of his work will, in a 

 measure, depend. We have selected the names of a 

 number of trees and shrubs usually employed for dec- 

 orative purposes, and arranged them under the differ- 

 ent shades of green respectively exhibited by them. 

 Our readers will understand that we have designedly 

 omitted the abnormal tints, such as occur in the pur- 

 ple beech and in the variegated hollies and sycamores ; 

 and that, in some of those given, the shades named 

 are only approximations. On some poor, clayey and 

 wet soils, common and Portugal laurels have a light- 

 yellowish tint. In the shade, the hemlock spruce and 

 common yew preserve a dark-green; in exposed situ- 

 ations, they are sometimes of a brownish green. 



