TREES SUITABLE FOR PARK SCENERY. 



Before I proceed to consider " Plantations," and the arrangement of trees 

 and bushes in Park Scenery, it may be proper to name a few, and make a 

 few remarks upon each kind of tree peculiarly suitable for this sort of 

 embellishment ; of which the oak, ash, beech, sycamore, English, Scotch, 

 or Wych elm, with some others, are examples. These just enumerated 

 constitute the prominent dress of English scenery ; and, as they also form 

 the most useful timber which our country produces, they ought to be 

 considered primarily, not only in forming new plantations, but in regulating 

 old ones, and also in hedge-row cultivation. 



I wish it to be particularly understood, that trees of each kind should 

 occasionally form groups and masses, independent of any other species ; and, 

 at other times, be associated with different kinds, so as to produce variety of 

 form and shade. The density of a forest of oaks, or any other trees, should 

 be here and there relieved by groups and masses of some or all the principal 

 trees before named, as well as groups of larch, Spanish chesnut, birch, silver 

 fir, spruce and Scotch fir, and pines of more recent introduction. 



The Common Oak (Quercus pedunculata) is a tree of slow growth, but, 

 when matured, is most majestic and noble in its form and general appearance. 

 Dark masculine hmbs, and sturdy crooked branches, render it the most 

 picturesque of our indigenous trees, and justify its name of " The King of 

 the Forest." It should constitute a general leading feature in Park Scenery, 

 forming masses and groups of itself; in other cases, the rehef above spoken 

 of may be well given by an intermingling of the beech, English elm, Scotch 

 elm, Turkey oak, and externally by the thorn, the alder, and the maple. I 

 do not mean by this that all these kinds of trees should appear in one group ; 

 but that variety should be secured by the use of one or other species, not 

 only in this case, but in connection with other kinds. 



