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harmonizes while it contrasts with the tree- 
forms which are likely to occur around it. 
Where this tree can be used there is no ex- 
cuse for a weeping willow; and where it 
cannot, then very certainly a weeping willow 
is not wanted. 
The purple beech is normal in shape and 
normal in texture, but its abnormal color 
puts it on the list of eccentric, and therefore 
dangerous, trees. Rightly used, it may very 
beautifully assist the effect of a garden-pict- 
ure ; wrongly used, it may ruin it entirely. 
It should never figure in a distinctly rural 
picture; and, in a gardenesque picture it 
should never look as though accident had 
determined its place, for everyone knows 
that it is not a natural species, but a chance 
variety, artificially propagated. It should 
never be planted in or near a wood, on a 
rough hill-side, in a picturesque glen or hol- 
low. Its place is in definitely ornamental, 
well-tended, “polished” grounds, near a 
house, or in the more civilized parts of a 
public pleasure-ground. Here it may stand 
in isolation and be lovely to look upon, 
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