TREES AND SHRUBS AT GIBBLAXD FARM. 



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Fig. 1916. A Vista in Gibbland Farm. 



that nothing need be said regarding- its many 

 good points. A tree of this type should 

 always be planted where it can develop sym- 

 metrically. The natural habit of the branches 

 is such that if crowded on one side by en- 

 croaching trees or buildings much of its 

 natural beauty will be taken away. Red 

 cedar though a common tree in western and 

 central Ontario and the middle states, is very 

 slightly known in Quebec. A clump of the 

 westerm type was planted in the lawn at 

 Gibbland in 1881. They have grown slowly 

 but have fruited profusely for the last eight 

 or ten years. This tree does well either 

 singly or in masses. 



Buffalo berry was secured by Mr. Gibb 

 from the western states about twenty years 

 ago. A group of these was planted in the 

 lawn also ; fortunately, both sexes were se- 

 cured and the trees have fruited abundantly 

 for several years. In the autumn, when they 

 are loaded with their masses of light red 

 berries, they are even more beautiful than 

 during the early summer months when carry- 

 ing their covering of silvery leaves. 



Another tree which is becoming popular in 

 the west and which was introduced into 

 Quebec by Mr. Gibb about the same time, is 

 the oleaster or wild olive, Elea^ius angiis- 

 tifolia. This tree is being freely planted in 

 the upper Mississippi Valley states. The 

 clear silvery expression of the foliage is strik- 



ing. The tree is a rapid grower, stands cold 

 and heat well and is useful as a wind break 

 and as an ornamental. From my observation 

 of this tree, I am of the opinion that it is 

 more at home in the hot and dry western 

 country than in the humid region of the east. 

 At all events it is a desirable shrub to intro- 

 duce in the lawn for the purpose of adding 

 variety to landscape coloring. 



For the same purpose the purple leaved 

 birch and Schwerdler maple, a red leaved 

 type of the Norway spruce, are very useful. 

 They have both succeeded admirably at Gibb- 

 land Farm. 



PiNUS EXCELSA {Bhotun pine). — This tree 

 is practically the European white pine. A 

 casual examination might easily lead one to 

 believe that he was looking upon a slight 

 variation of the ordinary type of our American 



Fig 

 ?''"*'!BBf Douglas Pine 

 (Pseudotsuga Douglasii.) 

 20 to 25 ft. high 



1917. 



Bhotan Pike 

 (Pinus excelsa.) 

 Gibbland. 



