TREES OUTSIDE THE GARDEN 



chusetts, very near the water, which seems conducive 

 to rapidity of growth and longevity. 



To those who have a fondness for it, the weeping 

 willow is an indispensable tree when a selection is 

 made for planting outside the garden. At one of the 

 large places in a town by the Sound, it has been 

 employed quite to the exclusion of other trees. Not 

 fewer than a hundred weeping willows, possibly fifteen 

 feet high, have been planted there in various groups 

 and groves; and although trees of this size have not 

 the majesty of those that are old and time-tried, they 

 are exquisitely graceful, and cast over the landscape 

 something of the charm of their mist-tinted foliage. 

 The surrounding country has been transformed by 

 them into a picture worthy the brush of Corot. 



The weeping willow, S. aurea pendula, is invariably 

 remarkable for its beautiful golden bark. 



Sweet gum trees, Liquidambar styraciflua, do well 

 in low, marshy ground and on lawns closely border- 

 ing the seashore. With their neat, star-shaped foliage 

 they stand out clearly against their background, pro- 

 claiming themselves with distinct elegance. These 

 trees are quite in harmony with places where the 

 planting is formal and stately. In the autumn they 

 take on an added note of brilliancy, their foliage turn- 

 ing to variegated shades of bright red and yellow, and 

 although always strikingly ornamental trees, it is at 

 this time, particularly, that they appear most beautiful. 

 The sweet gums grow best when planted in the spring. 



The Kentucky coffee tree, Gymnocladus dioica, 

 thrives near the sea almost without fail. It grows 



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