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best Chestnut for a small lawn is ^Esculus parviflora, for 

 it is of close bush form ; it bears its white flowers in 

 summer. 



The Oak must be carefully selected to meet the re- 

 quirements of a garden. What is known as the American 

 Scarlet, Quercus coccinea, is a splendid tree, owing to 

 the rich colour which its deeply lobed leaves assume in 

 the fall. Waterer's variety is a fine form of it. The 

 Evergreen or Holm Oak, Quercus Ilex, is a popular 

 garden species ; of the many forms of it Ford's may be 

 mentioned. Another well-known Oak is the Turkey, 

 Quercus cerris, of which laciniata and cana major and 

 argentea variegata are good forms. The English Oak is 

 Quercus pedunculata, and there are several forms of 

 this, including a pyramidal (fastigiata) and a silver 

 variegated (argenteo- variegata) . 



The Sycamore and the Maples are related, as both 

 belong to the genus Acer. It is not wise to plant the 

 common Sycamore, Acer Pseudo-platanus, freely in 

 gardens, as it is very liable to become blotched with 

 fungi. It is much over-planted. Several of its forms are 

 very handsome, however, and special mention may be 

 made of atropurpureum, a form with purple leaves. 

 Prinz Handjery is a favourite with those who plant for 

 leaf-colour, because of its golden leaves. One of the best 

 forms of the American Red Maple, Acer rubrum, is 

 sanguineum, the leaves of which make it a brilliant mass 

 of scarlet in the fall. The Japanese Maples, the progeny 

 of Acer Japonicum and A. palmatum, are shrub-like 

 trees of the greatest value for leaf-colour in autumn, 

 when they make gorgeous masses. They never look 

 better than when grouped on ground falling to water. 

 The varieties are so numerous that they have been put 

 into selections according to the number of lobes in the 



