A FEW GOOD TREES 93 



scape gardeners of thirty years or so ago, and were 

 much used by them for decorating lawns. 



The Norway Maple is a tree of much the same 

 character but of more massive appearance. It, 

 too, has the lines of a large shrub in Winter, from 

 the upright growth of its limbs. The cut-leaved 

 Maple is a tree of very rapid growth, so rapid in 

 fact that it is useless and is never planted except 

 where a quick effect is imperative. The wood is 

 so brittle and fragile that it is always being blown 

 to pieces. The fancy Maples, such as the Silver 

 and the Weeping, should not be planted on estates 

 of the size cf those under consideration as they 

 are purely decorative trees without character or 

 meaning, that belong to the landscape-garden type 

 and have not as much merit as many shrubs. 



The Beech and Linden are good trees that may 

 be used sparingly in rather prominent positions. 

 It is a great deal better not to plant too many 

 varieties on a small place or the grounds will look 

 like an arboretum, but of course the good trees 

 that are available should be used. The Tulip or 

 Whitewood is a pyramidal-shaped tree of much 

 grandeur when mature. It has large, smooth, 



