SPECIAL LISTS 59 



Rose, Maple, Dogwood, Wild Crab, Birch, and 

 Spindle Tree. 



UNDERGROWTH 



Undergrowth or underwood is understood to 

 represent "certain kinds of trees and shrubs 

 which succeed under and are shaded by other 

 trees of taller habit." In coppices, woods, and 

 plantations it serves many useful purposes. 

 Undergrowth does not succeed well under Coni- 

 fers or tall-growing evergreens, owing to the 

 exclusion of the necessary light and air caused 

 by the dense canopy of foliage formed by the 

 trees above. In mixed shrubberies of deciduous 

 and evergreen trees and shrubs, the dwarfer 

 species should be planted where the taller ever- 

 greens cannot overgrow them. In the first line 

 of exposure it is desirable not to plant ever- 

 greens for undergrowth, as even the stronger- 

 growing deciduous trees, which are recommended 

 to be planted very thickly, would not grow very 

 tall, and there would be no room for them. 



The following list of trees and shrubs suitable 

 for undergrowth may be found useful. These are 

 not intended for the planting of coppices. 



Evergreen. American Arbor - vitse, A ucuba 

 japonica, Bay, Box, Broom, Butcher's Broom, 

 Cotoneaster vars., Escallonia macrantha, Euony- 



