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PARKS AND PLEASURE-GROUNDS. 



unnoticed^ source of pleasure in tlie woocQands of winter. 

 They help to make up that full harmony which the 

 great instrumentalist Light calls forth from the living 

 organs on which it plays. 



The use of the colours of trees and shrubs to the im- 

 prover is very great ; but his application of them must 

 depend very much on his own skill in adapting his 

 materials to the character of the place and the nature of 

 the ground with which he is dealing. We may remark^ 

 however^ that the depth of a recess or glade in the woods 

 or dressed grounds, formed for the purpose of creating 

 a shadowy effect, is much increased by planting trees 

 and shrubs of a fall green or dark-green colour at the 

 point where the effect is desired. The sombre colour 

 of the trees themselves, and the density of the foliage, 

 contribute to render the shadow more intense, while 

 an opposite result would be educed by a lighter 

 colour of foliage. Some prominent points may be 

 brought out by a dark, others by a light or silvery 

 green. The effect of distance, too^ may be produced or 

 increased by employing dark greens in the foreground, 

 and shading off with lighter colours in the more remote 

 objects. It is hardly needful to add, that good taste 

 enjoins a sparing use of strongly-marked or glaring 

 colours. White poplars and purple beeches, for example, 

 are admirably adapted for occasional breaks in the way 

 of contrast, or for completing a gradation of shades, 

 but in certain situations they would be intolerable as 

 clumps or masses. 



