78 LAWN AND SHADE TREES. 



Ellwanger & Barry, is a very dwarf compact sort, especially 

 adapted as a point plant on beds or divisions of pathways. All 

 the above, as well as the Chinese and the variegated-foliaged 

 varieties, are adapted for planting as single trees ; and as they 

 bear the knife perfectly, may be kept clipped and pruned into 

 any shape or form desired to harmonize with their position. 

 The American, however, is the one most generally used in the 

 planting for hedges and screens; not that it is any better than 

 the Siberian or some others, for it is not naturally as compact, 

 but because it is a rapid grower, and can be obtained at a less 

 cost than other varieties. In setting it for hedges, where it is 

 designed to keep the plants clipped to a height never exceeding 

 four to six feet, the plants should stand one in a foot of length 

 in the row ; but where it is designed to form screens or belts, 

 growing twenty to forty feet high, one plant in four feet is 

 sufficient. Any good soil suits the arbor vita?, and it bears water 

 or wet grounds even better than dry. 



As an avenue tree for the north and west sides of driveways 

 that are to be used in winter, it is one the best suited, and 

 every country place should have one or more pathways sheltered 

 by it for resort in a clear winter's day when the sun is shining 

 brightly, and at the same time a cold north wind prevailing. 



RED CEDAR. Juniperus. The red cedar of our country 

 juniperus Virginiana is only occasionally planted, because of its 

 generally rather stiff habit, and dull dingy brown color of foliage 

 in winter and spring. There are, however, among the many 

 plants grown from seed, varieties that have more or less of a 

 drooping and graceful form, and whose color keeps a clear 

 light blue green, making their association or connection with 

 other evergreens often very harmonious and agreeable. 



In poor, dry, rocky soils the red cedar thrives finely, and it 

 seems equally at home in rich, deep loams. It does not answer 

 well for hedges, as clipped plants after twelve or more years are 



