PRACTICAL FORESTRY. 



Euonymus Radicans Variegata is a useful, dwarf -growing 

 shrub for planting in the shade, and succeeds well in 

 smoky localities. 



The Butcher's Broom (Rmcus aculeatus) grows with 

 great freedom beneath the densest shade of our forest 

 trees, and being an evergreen is to be recommended for 

 such situations. 



Gaultheria Shallon and G. Procumbens may also be 

 recommended for planting where the shade is not too 

 dense; they both flower and fruit freely, and are of 

 neat procumbent growth. 



The Common Ling or Heather, Blackberry (Vaccinium), 

 and Andromeda Catesbcei all succeed well in the shade 

 of coniferous trees, particularly if the soil be inclined 

 to peat. 



It frequently happens that the soil beneath large trees 

 is thoroughly exhausted, and that the small, fibrous 

 rootlets are so abundant as to render planting almost 

 possible. Under such conditions it is advisable to first 

 pick up gently the soil, without disturbing the larger 

 roots, and add a top dressing of, say, three inches or four 

 inches of good soil. This will give the young plants a 

 start and allow of their becoming strong and established 

 Jbefore the existing roots rob the ground of its nourishment. 



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