On Plaiiling. 389. 



the base, and ia sharpening for hop-poles the most vahiable part for 

 durability has to be sacrificed. 



In planting mainly for ornament, whether in parks or elsewhere, 

 trees should be judiciously mixed according to habits of growth and 

 colour of foliage. Groups of various kinds, such as oak, chestnut, 

 Scotch fir, beech, sycamore, plane, and lime, should not end abruptly, 

 but blend one with the other. Most of these, with the exception of 

 the Scotch fir, are very imposing as single trees. 



To deepen the shade of valleys or glens, or as a bold contrast to a 

 projecting mass of rock, nothing is more eftective than the yew. 

 Though this tree will grow upon nearly all soils, it is best suited to 

 those of a chalky nature. If its growth is slow, it attains a great age, 

 and its matured wood is very valuable. 



As a temporary screen in. exposed places there is no faster growing 

 tree than Popidus Canadiensis Nova, which in tolerably moist 

 situations will attain a height of upwards of 20 feet in three years 

 from the time the cutting is put into the ground. From its rapidity 

 of growth it is coming into use in Kent as a "lew" or shelter-screen 

 for hop-gardens. 



The Austrian pine, in masses, or in single trees along the margins 

 of wood-sides, has a noble appearance. Where rabbits and hares 

 abound, Pinns laricio is tolerably safe. But no ultimate success can 

 be expected by the planter where rabbits are numerous. For a time 

 dressings of various mixtures will keep them off the young trees ; but 

 during winters of great severity they will climb the snow-drifts and 

 attack ash, holly, chestnut, poplar, and almost any kind of tree, some- 

 times completely ringing it. 



In planting hedgerow timber, v/hether for ornament or shelter 

 such trees should be chosen as are of upright habits of growth. Avoid 

 the ash and willow, particularly in the vicinity of closed drains. 

 The oak, sweet chestnut, sycamore, birch, elm, and Norway maple 

 may be advantageously used. By early pruning they may be kept 

 from injuring materially the crops and the hawthorn hedges, and may 

 become highly ornamental as well as useful. Beech is objectionable 

 in this position, as hedges die under it. 



{To he continued.) 



