. The Country gentleman's magazine. Agriculture; Agriculture -- Great Britain. TJlc Country Gcntlcinaiis Maga:::iuc (lour of their leafy shade. For if planting fresh trees brings pleasure, it also brings pain; for we grow old faster than do the trees, and while we hope to see them in their vigour and to enjoy them in their beauty, we only, in fact, as Repton suggestively puts it, " look for years upon the fence which protects ; But in any case, whether the site selected has already its growth of trees, or whether they must be planted, it is of importance to con- sider their rela
. The Country gentleman's magazine. Agriculture; Agriculture -- Great Britain. TJlc Country Gcntlcinaiis Maga:::iuc (lour of their leafy shade. For if planting fresh trees brings pleasure, it also brings pain; for we grow old faster than do the trees, and while we hope to see them in their vigour and to enjoy them in their beauty, we only, in fact, as Repton suggestively puts it, " look for years upon the fence which protects ; But in any case, whether the site selected has already its growth of trees, or whether they must be planted, it is of importance to con- sider their relation to the house which is to occupy the site. We frequently see trees planted right in front of the house, the very worst position which they can occupy ; for if the prospect and aspect chosen are chosen upon the principle and for the reasons we have already explained, what can trees in such a position do but mar and spoil them? Trees always give dignity to a house when they flank, rarely when they front them. Nor should the degree of their contiguity to the house be everlooked, as overlooked it often 31 is, although a point of great importance. Shelter is never obtained in its full and most useful effect from trees except when they are in masses, and masses always have a bad effect upon a house when placed near it. They exclude light and air, and create damp- ness ; and to such an extent do they do all this, that we venture to maintain that, so placed, they always make a house unhealthy. Shelter is best obtained—we here speak of direct shelter—by the arrangement of the house itself, and by the use of that feature, which is too seldom the feature of the farm- house—the verandah. But if trees are made to flank a house, and at a good distance from it, they add to the site one of the finest orna- ments, one of the highest sources of pleasure; not but what an isolated tree or two, placed or kept in proper relative position to the house door, may be made in like manner to jjl
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