STYLE AND EXPRESSION IN CERTAIN TREES AND SHRUBS. 



96. Rubicon. — Very large, obtuse cone, dark scarlet, good flavor, large as McAvoy^s 

 Su2)erior, and resembles it. p. 



97. Ferfumed Scarlet. — Rather large, rounded, light scarlet, highest flavor of all, 

 productive, p. 



98. Long Scarlet. — Oblong, with a neck, very fine flavor, productive, p. 



99. Crimson Prolific. — Conical, crimson, sweet and good flavor, extra productive, 

 tall, vigorous foliage and scapes, p. 



100. Scarlet Magnate. — Very large, rounded, and some berries compressed, rich 

 flavor, productive, vigorous foliage, p. 



ON STYLE AND EXPRESSION IN CERTAIN TREES AND 

 SHRUBS — THEIR ADAPTABILITIES, <fec.* 



Landscape gardening in its strict sense has scarcely kept pace with what has been 

 termed the Gardenesque of late years ; and why ? Simply, I suppose, from the fact 

 that where there is one person who can appreciate the beauties of lines and forms, 

 independent of color, there are a score who can not; but who nevertheless are, it may 

 be, adepts at what is termed "clumping" flowers, and all the paraphernalia of the 

 flower garden. 



While, however, England sustains her position in the van of civilization, so long 

 must true landscape gardening be fostered ; and it must be confessed that we owe its 

 preservation and encouragement mainly to our aristocracy, who are ever in a better 

 position to appreciate its value than any other class of society. 



My purpose is to draw attention to the beauties of form in certain trees and shrubs, 

 old-fashioned kinds or not, and to point to their eligibilities, whether in the park, the 

 ordinary pleasure grounds, or the flower garden. As country seats difter — and indeed 

 should do so — as to their general tone or expression, sometimes through position and 

 adventitious circumstances, and sometimes as a matter of design, it follows that a 

 judicious adaptation of trees and shrubs becomes necessary, whether as accompani- 

 ments or as constituting a portion of the chief features of the grounds. In most of 

 the pleasure grounds connected with the seats of our nobility and gentry, certain by- 

 scenes, retreats, nooks, or decorative adjuncts occur, which either possess a kind of 

 individuality, or require it to be created by the skill of the artist. Hence the neces- 

 sity for a nice perception of the character and ultimate expression of trees and shrubs. 

 The grave and the gay would be terms far too sweeping in their signification to 

 embrace all the objects required in extensive gardens. From the mausoleum to the 

 parterre may exist several intermediate characters, each requiring a separate impress, 

 yet merging into each other. For instance, there may be the rosary, the American 

 ground, the decorated promenade, the terrace, rock-work, &c. ; and as matters further 

 from home, walks and adjuncts connected with the margins of the park, the lake, the 



* Communicated to the Journal of the London JTorticidtural Society, by Robert Erringtox, C. M. II. S., gar- 

 dener to Sir PmLip DE Malpas Geey Egerton, Bart., M. P., F. H. S., Oulton Park, Tarporlcy, Cheshire. 



