It is admitted that thrifty, well-formed trees of any class are objects of beauty, but there is a wide difference in the kinds of trees that fulfill this requisite. Among these pretty trees I think the weeping silver linden excels all others. They are rare, and are worked on other stock, but the eye can rest on a perfect, graceful specimen in a fine lawn, standing by itself, with much pleasure.

But why is it that so many will spend time and money to plant shade trees, and then allow them to grow out of shape, forlorn objects, where a little care in regulating the growth of the head or branches would have made them uniform and attractive? I have seen the American elm, which, when the growth of the top has a proper shape, is one of the noblest of our shade trees, grow up in a straggling manner, sometimes almost like a naked pole, and again like the letter Y, a body and two arms like a pig yoke. I think large trees are much improved in appearance if cut back into a regular head when planted. And the Norway maple can be made to grow erect like the sugar, or otherwise, by allowing the leader to grow and shortening the side branches.