TREES AND SHRUBS FOR GARDEN AND PARK. 



and one which more often detracts from, than adds to, the effect of the garden, 

 since breadth of effect is generally destroyed when trees are planted in this way. 

 Allied to this is the doubtful practice of planting " commemoration trees " by 

 celebrities, or to commemorate some family event. Planted often in an unsuitable 

 situation and in warm weather, and having been coddled and fed for the occasion, 

 in a few years they dwindle to wretched disfiguring skeletons. If such trees are 

 planted, select an oak, or, if an evergreen is desired, a Holm oak. 



8. That indiscriminate mixing of shrubs is to be avoided and that character 

 and scale of foliage should be observed. Thus Rhododendrons look best when 

 grouped in very large masses, but Azaleas may successfully be planted in smaller 

 beds with Kalmias, Dabceciae and Alpine Rhododendrons. 



9. That it is possible to over-plant a garden, and so destroy its breadth ol 

 aspect. Illustration No. 355 shows how little planting is required in many gardens. 



10. That it is well to remember, when purchasing trees and shrubs, that those 

 which appear to be the most thriving and healthy in the nurseries are probably those 

 which have stood the longest time un-transplanted, and that recently transplanted 

 shrubs do not appear nearly so robust and vigorous, but are much safer to move. 



ACER. A. PSEUDO-PLATANUS, the " Sycamore," is one of the hardiest as well as the 

 most handsome of British trees ; it is valuable for planting as wind screens in 

 exposed situations, for forming large masses of foliage, or for avenues. It grows 

 quickly, and fairly large trees are procurable from most nurseries. There are 

 numerous varieties worthy of a place in parks and gardens. A. p. -p. flavo- 

 marginatum, known as the " Corstorphine Plane," with variegated foliage ; A. 

 palmatum atropurpureum, a purple form ; A. p. Prinz Handjery, and A. p. Nizeti are 

 among the best. T.S. 



A. PLATANOIDES, the " Norway Maple," with its delicate green tints in the Spring, 

 turning yellow in Autumn, is particularly effective. The varieties Reitenbachii, 

 purpureum, palmatum, and Schwedlerii are distinctly characteristic. 



A. CAMPESTRE, the common " European Maple," has five-lobed leaves, and when 

 planted with A. c. variegatum a good contrast is obtained. There is also a golden 

 form, sold under various names. 



A. DASYCARPUM, the " Silver Maple," is most valuable, forming as it does a 

 specimen tree of a more or less pendulous habit. 



A. NEGUNDO, the " Box Elder," with the varieties californicum aureum and 

 variegatum, is decorative, and only suitable for gardens. 



A. PICTUM is a distinct form, and in the variety A. p. rubrum (syn. A. colchicum 

 rubrum) the young stems and leaves are a bright crimson colour. Another fine 

 variety is A. p. aureum. A. macrophyllum, the " Californian Maple"; monspessulanum, 

 the " Montpelier Maple ; " and saccharinum, the " Sugar Maple," are good species ; 

 while the beautiful Japanese Maples, A. japonicum and A. palmatum, with their fine 

 cut-leaved varieties, are useful as low-growing forms of this genus, suitable for 

 sheltered parts of the garden but not for the park. 



^ESCULUS. JE. HIPPOCASTANUM, the " Horse Chestnut," may be seen on every estate. 

 It is suitable for use in large avenues or for clumps in the park, or singly, as in 

 illustration No. 357 with the characteristic play of light on the foliage. Both in 

 Spring when in flower, and in Autumn when the foliage has assumed its resplendent 

 glowing tint, it forms a prominent feature in the landscape. There are several other 

 forms which commend themselves both for lawn or landscape ; they are IE. carnea, 

 the " Red Horse Chestnut ; " IE. californica ; IE. indica, the " Indian Horse Chestnut ; " 

 IE. flava, the "Sweet Buckeye;" IE. Pavia (syn. Pavia rubra), the " Red Buckeye;" 

 IE. turbinata, and IE. parviflora (syn. Pavia macrostachya). T. 



General 

 Principles. 



Deciduous 

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