30 DECORATIVE PLANTS, TREES AND SHRUBS 



and the lime and plane, used largely for screens but also as specimen 

 trees. In any case the great demand for these for garden purposes 



makes them worth growing by the 

 nurseryman who depends upon the 

 market. 



The whole of this selection possess 

 the merit of being comparatively easy 

 to produce. Some are raised from 

 seed, some budded, some grafted, 

 some layered. It would be more 

 correct to say that only one is layered, 

 that one the lime. To procure the 

 wood for layering, a sufficient number 

 of trees are kept as stools, in the same 

 way as cob-nuts and filberts, the 

 layering being done either late or 

 early in the year. They root easily, 

 and are separated from the parent the 

 following fall, planted out and, as 

 they are single rods, are kept trimmed 

 and run up to 6 feet standards. 



ACACIAS, 



mountain ash, laburnums and planes 

 are raised from seed. The seeds are 

 sown in February or March, and if 

 not sown too thickly can remain in 



FIG. io.-Prunus Pissardi ^ seed rows twQ Qr eyen three yearSj 



for so will they best run up. After transplanting, it is just an 

 ordinary matter of knifing to prevent them branching until they 

 have made sufficient stem. When once they have accomplished 

 that, the heads are quickly formed and the trees become saleable. 



ACER NEGUNDA VARIEGATA, 



the most conspicuous and best known of the maples, is a quick 

 grower and speedily becomes effective, hence its popularity. Its 

 creamy-white and green foliage relieves the shrubbery from any 



