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AN INDEX TO TREES AND SHRUBS FOR SPECIAL 



SITUATIONS AND SOILS. 



F tlie many "booTcs tTiat liave "been written on Dendrology^ Forestry^ and cognate subjects?^ 

 some contain list of Trees and Slirubs for particular purposes and positions^ but the lists 

 are^ as a rule^ of tbe most meagre description. Hence^ perbaps, tlie monotony wbicli is 

 conspicuous in so many of our plantations and sbrubberies. The exhaustive classification 

 here presented embraceSj in a condensed form, the practical results of the experience of 

 several eminent authorities on the treatment of hardy ligneous plants. By its help^ the 



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reader may readily make varied selections of Trees and Shrubs that will thrive in Chalky, 

 Peaty, or Clay Soils, in Marshes and Swamps, on Mountains, in dense Towns and Cities, 

 by the Riverside, or in close proximity to the Sea. A list of the best Trees and Shrubs 

 for the formation of Hedcres is also included. 



After each name is given abbreviated information as to whether the plant is ever- 

 green {ev)j nearly or partially so (s-eu), or deciduous (dec). The figures represent the 

 approximate height in feet. 



Much of the so-called waste land which is at present a blot on many 



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landscape might, by careful selection and a moderate expenditure of the proprietor's time 

 and money, be converted into woodlands, which would become not only a source of plea- 

 sure to himself, but also a valuable legacy to posterity. 



CHALKY SOILS.— Calcareous or Chalky Soils are 

 ttiose "which contain more than 20 per cent, of Carbonate 

 of Lime. They are variously known as Calcareous Sands, 

 Calcareous Loam?, and Calcareous Clays, according- to the 

 amount of sand, loam, or clay, that enters into their com- 

 position. A larn^e number of trees and shrubs will grow- 

 in calcareous soils, as is evidenced by the following list. 



"There is a prevailing idea that trees reqiiire a deep soil 

 for their growth ; but this is an entire fallacy as regards 

 the greater portion of them. That trees will prosper more 

 in a good deep soil than in a similar soil that is superficial, 

 IB no doubt true; but a thin rich soil is better than a 

 deep poor one; and the most fatal mistake that can be 



Chalky 



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made in trenching land preparatory to planting is to 

 throw up a barren subsoil, and bury the better elements 

 beneath it. This is particularly the case on the Chalk 

 lands. That trees of very large size will grow upon the 

 very thin soil may be rendered evident to anyone who 

 travels through the Chalk cuttings on our southern rail- 

 ways. In many places the soil is not 6in. deep above^tbc 

 Chalk, and yet splendid trees, especially Beeches, are seen 



clothing the hills In trenching Chalk land such as 



I am referring to, the trench should be carried to the 

 bottom of the loam, but no further. However superficial 

 the top soil may be, even Sin. or 4in., it alone should be 



