CHAPTER VI. 



Planting for Ornamentation Preparation of the Soil Trees for Shelter 

 and Seclusion Ornamental Trees Grafting varieties of Thorns 

 Trees for Avenues The Hazel The Elder The Laburnum The 

 Cherry Tree The Laurel The Sweet Bay The Portugal Laurel 

 The Laurel Cherry The Portugal Laurel Cherry The Yew 

 Tree The Foliage of the Yew Tree poisonous to Cattle Yew 

 Timber very durable The Upright or Irish Yew Juniper The 

 Common Juniper The Incense-bearing or Spanish Juniper The 

 Virginian Juniper The Common Savin The Bermudas Cedar 

 The Spindle Tree The Common Spindle Tree The Broad- 

 leaved Spindle Tree The Mountain Ash or Rowan Tree The 

 Service Tree The Holly. 



PLANTING FOR ORNAMENTATION. It is commonly 

 supposed by unpractised people that merely digging a 

 deep hole in which the roots of a tree can be safely 

 deposited is enough to insure its future growth and 

 health, and that is all which is necessary to be done. 



The land, however, requires as much preparation 

 for the reception of trees as for any other crop, if they 

 are required to do well. The ground should always 

 be thoroughly trenched to begin with, especially in 

 those cases where a quick growth is looked for and 

 desired. 



It is generally considered that the growth of trees 

 in six years, in trenched ground, will equal that of ten 



