Four Trees 
los and oaks of eastern New England it is 
beautifully effective ; and, when a tree is 
profusely used by Nature in our neighbor- 
hoods, Nature should be our guide if we 
want to use it in our pleasure-grounds. 
The canoe-birch is not so fragile and 
graceful and feminine as its small gray cousin; 
but its pure white trunk, contrasting with 
its dark green leaves, make it even more con- 
spicuous. Where the gray birch may stand, 
it also may often stand; and a fine specimen 
sometimes looks well in isolation too. 
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