TREES AND SHRUBS FOR GARDEN AND PARK. 



the steps of a doorway, they are invaluable. Yews require to be placed with great Conifers. 

 discretion, as they sometimes, when improperly used, give a funereal appearance 

 to a garden. Very effective specimens, grown in many shapes, can be obtained. 

 They are, of course, expensive, but they give an immediate effect. There is an 

 endless number of varieties of the type. 



THUYA. T. occidentalis, the " American Arborvitae," and its varieties are useful as 

 formal trees or for hedges. T. Standishi, T. plicata, the "Red" or "Canoe Cedar," 

 and T. Lobbi (syn. T. gigantea) and varieties are useful trees for planting as a 

 screen or shelter. It is a conifer much thought of by foresters and gardeners, 

 but one which the writer has never been able to employ with good results. From 

 a landscape gardener's point of view it would look best when standing out of a 

 bed of low-growing shrubs. Other forms are T. dolabrata (syn. Thuyopsis dolabrata) 

 T. orientalis, the " Chinese Arborvitae." There are endless varieties of this form, 

 all good in their various habits. The latter form is sometimes named Biota 

 orientalis. 



TSUGA. A genus of ornamental character, the type being T. canadensis, the " Hemlock 

 Spruce." Distinct species are T. Albertiana, T. Brunoniana, the " Indian Hemlock 

 Fir ; " T. Pattoniana, T. Sieboldi, the " Japanese Hemlock Spruce," and T. 

 Hookeriana. 



FLOWERING SHRUBS, DECIDUOUS AND EVERGREEN. 



AMELANCHIER. A genus of small trees, and shrubs, bearing in Spring dainty white Flowering 

 flowers, which will thrive in any moderately rich soil. A. canadensis, the " June or shrubs. 

 Serviceberry," is the showiest. A. c. oblongifolia, the " Swamp Sugar Pear," a 

 variety of the above, is also fine, whilst the following species grace a collection : A. 

 alnifolia, A. asiatica ; A. oligocarpa ; A. utahensis and A. vulgaris, the " Snowy 

 Mespilus," with cream-coloured flowers, grow from 10 to 15 ft. high. T.S. 



ANDROMEDA. The most recent arrangement of genera in the Order Ericaceae only records 

 one species, viz. A. polifolia, a dwarf shrub with pink flowers. There are two 

 distinct varieties from the type, A. p. angustifolia and A. p. major. Growth is greatly 

 encouraged if peat and leaves are worked into the soil before planting. P. 



ARBUTUS. An Ericaceous evergreen with bell-shaped flowers, its fruit resembles a straw- 

 berry, and ripens about a year after flowering. It thrives well in a sandy or 

 peaty compost with plenty of moisture, and near the sea. The type, A. Unedo, 

 the " Strawberry Tree," grows wild in the south of Ireland, while the varieties 

 A. U. compacta, A. U. integerrima, A. U. microphylla, A. U. quercifolia and A. U. 

 rubra, give quite a varied number of forms of the type. Other distinct varieties 

 are A. Andrachne, A. hybrida, and A. Menziesii. S.P. 



ARCTOSTAPHYLOS. This also belongs to the Order Ericaceae. A. Uva-ursi, the " Bearberry," 

 is a little trailing form, as also is the variety A. californica. A. pungens and 

 A. tomentosa " Manzanita " are interesting forms quite resembling the Arbutus, and 

 are excellent for shady positions. P. 



AZALEA. See Rhododendrons. 



BERBERIS. This is a genus of hardy and indispensable flowering shrubs ; some species 

 are of upright growth, others are of trailing habit, while others again have gracefully 

 arched branches bearing racemes of yellow or orange-coloured flowers in the greatest 

 profusion. Some varieties are evergreen and some deciduous and all will thrive well 

 in any ordinary soil, and may be grown by those possessing little knowledge of 

 gardening. The following are the most useful ; B. aquifolium (syn. Mahonia 

 aquifolium) and its varieties are evergreen ; B. Darwinii, another evergreen, one 

 of the best, bears orange-coloured flowers excellent for massing ; B. stenophylla 



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