ORNAMENTAL PLANTING. 



left then to be done but eitber to put up with crowding and 

 ill-formed specimens, or to attempt their removal to more 

 suitable quarters. The latter, in the case of trees that have 

 been lefc undisturbed for many years, and when tap and 

 side roots 'have been sent down to a great depth for safe 

 anchorage, is quite out of the question, the only remaining 

 way out of the evil being to sacrifice the specimen by having 

 it stubbed out and removed. In any case, in the event of 

 one tree encroaching too closely on another, no time should 

 be lost in deciding which is to be removed, for, if they crowd 

 into and interfere with each other, the branches on that side 

 will get thin and die off, and the plant will thus lose the 

 uniformity of appearance on which its whole beauty depends. 

 Should crowding of specimen trees be permitted for even a 

 few years, partial disfiguration of the trees will have been 

 brought about, and it will take years of careful management 

 to restore them to their original beauty. 



In order to plant with any degree of certainty as to 

 future results, it is absolutely necessary to become first of 

 all well acquainted with the nature and habit of every tree 

 planted, as also the properties and peculiarities of the various 

 soils, and aspect and position of the ground to be planted. 



Probably no other branch of forestry requires sound 

 judgment and correct ideas to such an extent as the laying- 

 out of parks and grounds, or, in other words, landscape and 

 ornamental planting and this knowledge can only be 

 attained by perseverance, investigation, and study. 



In selecting sites for the various trees, it will be well to 

 bear in mind that certain species are better suited than 

 others for planting in exposed places, for using in particular 

 soils, and for inserting in either dry or damp ground. 



By the lake or pond side the Deciduous Cypress (Taxodium 

 distichum), the Bhoton Pine (Pinus excelsa) t ihe beautiiul cut- 

 leaved Imperial Alder (Alnus glutinosa imperialis), the 

 Golden and Purple Willows may all be planted with the 

 best chances of success ; whereas none of these would 

 thrive well on dry or sandy soils. Should chalk or 

 calcareous soil crop up, we have good subjects in the Fern- 

 leaved Beech (Fagits sylvatica aspleni folia), the Cephalonian 



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