TKEES SUITABLE FOR HEDGEKOW AND FIELD PLANTING. 



and hardy nature, renders it well adapted for hedgerow or 

 held planting, where shelter, combined with effect, are 

 required. 



The Lime (Tilia Europcca), although one of our roost 

 ornamental trees, can hardJy be recommended as suitable for 

 situations in which the underlying herbage is at stake. For 

 this latter reason alone, however, can it be omitted from our 

 list, and, as it bears pruning well, and does not to any great 

 extent impoverish the adjoining ground, and is at all times 

 a pleasing object in the landscape, it will be seen that the 

 evil done by shade is, in a great degree, compensated for. 



Amongst coniferous trees, if we except the Larch and 

 Scotch Fir, few are at all suitable for the end in question. 

 The larch is a much-neglected fence and park tree, this 

 being attributable to an erroneous impression that it is oi 

 too stiff and cold an appearance, either for standing singly 

 or giving effect to the landscape. Nothing can, however, 

 be farther from the facts, as, when placed so that its fine 

 form is seen to advantage, few deciduous trees are more 

 picturesque than the larch, or offer a better contrast to the 

 ordinary run of our forest trees. It also occasions less damage 

 to the uridergrowing herbage than most trees, while, at the 

 same time, it enriches the soil to a great extent by the 

 annual shedding of its leaves. 



The Scotch Fir, especially for shelter-giving purposes, has 

 much to recommend it for being extensively planted as 

 stock-shelter in the corners of exposed fields. 



As it usually rises to a great height without branches, it 

 cannot be considered as extremely injurious to its surround- 

 ings, although the shallow-running roots can hardly be spoken 

 of as non-injurious to the greensward. 



Planting and Fencing. Whether for planting in the 

 hedgerow or singly in the fields, good, strong, well-rooted 

 specimens should always be used indeed, it is well when a 

 home nursery is on the estate to have these specially prepared, 

 by frequent transplant]' ngs for a few years previous to their 

 final planting out. The nursery management will require 

 both care and experience, so that trees with strong, fibrous 

 roots equally distributed around the stem may be produced 



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