* * * * WHERE LEICESTER EXCELS.
The contrasts between different districts in this respect are very abrupt ; and there is ground for hope. in the fact that you can cap examples of damage with examples of preservation. Miserable acts of vandalism have been perpe- trated against the trees planted alongside certain reaches of the new roads. On the other hand, if a stretch is made so
neat and charming that it has a garden look it is untouched— such is the experience of some, at any rate, of the official beautifiers. It is, I think, quite beyond question that in Leicestershire, which has a certain proud pre-eminence in the art and craft of conservation, a public opinion is being formed which is reducing the evil of litter and awakening the whole public to the worth of native scenery.
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