Vol. VI. 



$2.00 a Year. 

 24 Numbers. 



CHICAGO. JULY 15, 1898. 



Single Copy 

 10 Cents. 



No. 141. 



VIEW IN THE PINETUM AT WELLESLEY. 



Trees and Shrubs. 



TAB PINETUM AT WELLESLEY. 



Visitors to the gardens of Mr. Hunne- 

 well, at Wellesley, Mass., never fail to 

 admire the numerous handsome trees in 

 apparently endless variety scattered 

 throughout the grounds, and to the 

 uninitiated it is a source of wonder that 

 so many different kinds thrive with equal 

 luxuriance under the same conditions of 

 soil and climate. It is seldom considered 

 that much of the beauty of this estate is 

 due to long experience with the plants, 

 trees and shrubs which constitute its 



chief adornment. Many years of patient 

 trial and experiment must elapse before 

 the picture is perfected. Each kind of tree 

 or shrub must be accorded the situation 

 which best suits it in that particular soil 

 or climate. In planting a given specimen 

 we must ask ourselves, marking all the 

 local conditions, whether it requires shade 

 or sunshine, shelter or exposure on a site 

 elevated, level or depressed. Experience 

 alone, with patience and perseverance, 

 can determine these questions satisfac- 

 torily. One tree may die outright where 

 another of the same kind grows vigor- 

 ously under somewhat different condi- 

 tions scarcely more than a hundred yards 

 away. The intelligent tree planter will 

 not expect his every venture to become 



an immediate success. He will proceed 

 cautiously, observing and testing as he 

 goes, and ultimately achieve that which 

 he set out to perform. It was thus with 

 Mr. Hunnewell's operations in the mag- 

 nificent pinetum of which we present an 

 illustration herewith, showing the planta- 

 tion as it appeared ten years ago. Dur- 

 ing the intervening period the scene has 

 developed new and fuller charms, but the 

 work of preserving and expanding the 

 picture— the gardener's task of pruning, 

 cutting, trimming and transplanting — 

 goes on forever. It is to this necessity 

 of persistent endeavor that horticulture 

 owes the greater part of its fascination, 

 and through it we are encouraged to plod 

 along ever hopeful of doing better. 



