The Beauty of Trees 
further increased. Even the difference in 
substance between the foliage of the Ameri- 
can and the European beech — the latter be- 
ing somewhat stiffer and much glossier — 
makes a difference in the expression of the 
two trees ; and there is a great contrast in 
expression, despite much similarity in form 
and structure, between the white oak with 
its large, round-lobed, dull-surfaced leaves, 
the scarlet oak with its deeply cut and 
glossy leaves, and the willow-oak with its 
very small, simply outlined and still glos- 
sier leaves. A uniform texture, caused by 
comparatively small leaves regularly and 
thickly distributed over the branches, gives 
a tree a quiet, restful look ; and a broken, 
spotted texture, caused by sparse, scattered, 
and conspicuously cut leaves (as in the but- 
ton-wood), gives it an unquiet look. 
All such facts, the commonplaces of the 
landscape-gardener, should be noted and 
appraised by everyone who aspires to the 
title of a lover of trees. There are none 
richer in possibilities of pleasure to the cul- 
tivated eye, even if actual work in the way 
of planting is not in question ; for, while 
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