HARDY PICTORIAL TREES. 243 



HARDY PICTORIAL TREES. 

 No. I. 



[From " The Gardeners' Chronicle ', December \st 1866, p. 1139.] 



IN the autumn of 1864 I endeavoured to show (see p. 

 219) that the scenery of gardens, parks, &c., might 

 be improved by introducing more plentifully trees with 

 white, yellow, and purple leaves. The natural outlines 

 of different trees was also pointed out as worthy of 

 more attentive consideration, and the use of berry-bearing 

 trees, especially for winter, strongly recommended. The 

 interest which the public took in my collection of " Hardy 

 Pictorial Trees," shown at the International Horticultural 

 Exhibition in May last, has again drawn my attention to 

 this subject, and I propose now to enter into fuller detail, 

 and to furnish descriptions of a few of the most promi- 

 nent and interesting kinds, under the heads of " Form," 

 "Colour," and '< Berry-bearing Trees." Ih the present 

 paper I shall confine my remarks to " Form," and assum- 

 ing that the spreading form, which is the commonest in 

 Nature, is already more than sufficiently recognised, I 

 will pass that by in order to dwell more fully on the 

 " Pyramidal" and " Weeping" forms. 



TREES AND SHRUBS OF PYRAMIDAL GROWTH. 



Abies excelsa pyramidalis. Evergreen. Height 100 

 feet. This is a vigorous-growing variety of the Spruce 

 Fir, of close habit, presenting to the eye a dense mass of 

 dark impenetrable verdure. It forms a fine single tree, 

 and is quite worthy of a good position on a lawn. 



Cupressus sempervirens (the common Cypress). Ever- 

 green. Height 30 feet. One of the handsomest and 

 most vigorous of pyramidal evergreens, but suitable only 

 for sheltered or elevated situations, as in exposed and low 

 damp places the tree is usually injured or destroyed by 



