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certainly give preference to tlie green as against the variegated 

 kinds. Although we shall never get any finer trees than our 

 native Yew and its varieties, it mnst yet be remembered that our 

 gardens now contain many evergreen trees from various countries, 

 and from these a selection may be made ; but in that selection 

 there should never be a tender tree. It has long been fashion- 

 able to plant quantities of evergreen trees not hardy enough for 

 many districts of the country, and even where they seem so far 

 to l)e hardy, anybody who knows anything of the quick growth 

 of the trees in their own and in more favourable climes, knows 

 also that they will never attain their natural dignity or beauty 

 in this country. There are, for example, many places where the 

 Deodar, the Wellingtonia, or the Araucaria should not be planted. 

 The church -garden being usually limited in space, for this reason 

 alone only trees certain to be long-lived in the situation should 

 be planted. Evergreens have been mentioned first. Summer- 

 leafing trees should, however, not be neglected, as among these 

 are our most beautiful flowering-trees, and many of them give 

 also refreshing shade and pleasant green foliage long into the 

 autumn, as, for instance, the Locust-tree. Where the space is 

 limited and it is desirable, as it nearly always is, to leave some 

 room between the trees for views, etc., the various pyramidal or 

 tapering trees will be useful. In planting it is essential not to 

 hide the building itself from important points of view. To 

 enhance and not to conceal beauty should be the planter's object, 

 and he can scarcely pay too much attention to points for view 

 both of and from his site. 



All who know how readily and simply the walls of churches 

 may be made into charming gardens of evergreen or flowering 

 plants, must regret that so many of them are bare of even Ivy or 

 Virginian Creeper. Many of the finest flowering looses and 

 climbers could be grown in such positions. Fresh foliage or 

 roseate blooms are never seen to greater advantage than against 

 the worn grey or brown stones of our churches. The several 

 sides of the church may each have its api)ropriate plants, choice 

 ]ioses and the least-hardy subjects having the warmer and more 

 sheltered walls. Where Ivy is used it should not be allowed to 

 wholly exclude other and rarer subjects. The low walls often 

 placed round graveyards offer also a desirable position for wall- 



