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LANDSCAPE GARDENING. 
and scenes of limited extent, the apparent size and 
breadth may be increased, by planting a majority of the 
trees in the foreground, of dark tints, and the boundary 
with foliage of a much lighter hue. 
An acquaintance, individually, with the different 
species of trees of indigenous and foreign growth, which 
may be cultivated with success in this climate, is 
absolutely essential to the amateur or the professor of 
Landscape Gardening. The tardiness or rapidity of their 
growth, the periods at which their leaves and flowers 
expand, the soils they love best, and their various habits 
and characters, are all subjects of the highest interest to 
him. In short, as a love of the country almost commences 
with a knowledge of its peculiar characteristics, the pure 
air, the fresh enamelled turf, and the luxuriance and 
oeauty of the whole landscape ; so the taste for the 
embellishment of Rural Residences must grow out of an 
admiration for beautiful trees, and the delightful effects 
they are capable of producing in the hands of persons of 
taste and lovers of nature. 
Admitting this, we think, in the comparatively meagre 
state of general information on this subject among us, we 
shall render an acceptable service to the novice, by giving 
a somewhat detailed description of the character and 
habits of most of the finest hardy forest and ornamental 
trees. Among those living in the country, there are 
many who care little for the beauties of Landscape 
Gardening, who are yet interested in those trees which 
are remarkable for the beauty of their forms, their foliage, 
their blossoms, or their useful purposes. This, we hope, 
will be a sufficient explanation for the apparently 
disproportionate number of pages which we shall devote 
to this part of our subject. 
