TREES SUITABLE FOB HEDGEROW AND FIELD PLANTING. 



Now, as to the most suitable trees for field and hedgerow 

 planting, nothing in our opinion approaches the Cornish Eini 

 (Ulmus cornubiense), a tree that, unfortunately, is far too 

 seldom seen either as a standard or in our woodlands, and 

 for which the propagator is greatly to blame, it not being 

 offered in anything like sufficient quantity for the demand. 

 As a park or fence tree this distinct and well-marked 

 variety of the elm has much to recommend it such as a 

 narrow branch spread in proportion to the tree's height; 

 suitability for exposed situations, and the very decided orna- 

 mental character it imparts to the landscape when properly 

 placed. 



The principal advantages of this tree for hedgerow or field 

 planting are that no pruning is required to keep the branches 

 in bounds, that the spread of branches is very small in 

 proportion to the tree's height, that the roots do not approach 

 too near the surface, or ramify to a great extent, so as to 

 become injurious to crops in their immediate vicinity. 



The English Elm (Ulmus campestris) is another tree of 

 value for hedgerow planting, and is, perhaps, more com- 

 monly used for that purpose than any other. Like the 

 Cornish variety, though in a very much less degree, it has 

 an upward inclination, the ramification of its branches being 

 narrow in proportion to its height, while as an ornamental 

 tree and valuable timber producer it is held in high esteem. 



As a shelter tree it is of great value, and as the branches, 

 particularly the lower, seldom spread to a great extent, the 

 injury caused to the adjoining crop is usually not very 

 serious. 



The British Oak (Quercus Robur) is of about equal value 

 with the elm for hedgerow planting indeed, by careful 

 manipulation it is even superior to that tree, being, perhaps, 

 less injurious to the herbage beneath it, while the roots have 

 a greater downward tendency than those of the elm. As an 

 ornamental tree and valuable timber-producer the oak 

 requires no praise from us, these qualities having been well 

 set off from the earliest date. 



It bears pruning with impunity, so that all ungainly or 

 far-spreading branches can be cut back or foreshortened at 



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