TREES OUTSIDE THE GARDEN 



place where only a wide spreading lawn and a break- 

 water separated them from the Sound. 



Lately, it has been somewhat of a fad to plant 

 many varieties of these maples together or in groups 

 where they are valuable for striking foliage effects. 

 They are much seen also in proximity to dwarf conifer 

 trees, the usefulness and beauty of which are more 

 keenly appreciated each year. Very often the two 

 are used to bring the house and the surrounding 

 grounds together. 



The ailanthus, tree of Heaven, Ailanthus glandulosa, 

 although seen in perfection in many dry, inland places, 

 forms notable groups very near the water at many 

 places on Long Island and by the Sound. It is of 

 an imposing presence, with long, wandlike leaves of 

 many leaflets, and invariably attracts attention when 

 its great bunches of samaras are ripening. The odor 

 from the staminate trees when in bloom is rather 

 generally thought to be offensive. By keeping the 

 main stem of the ailanthus cut down, abundant suckers 

 arise from the base, which then form an effect of waving 

 shrubbery as graceful as that of bamboo. In this 

 way, this tree is useful for screening objectionable 

 things. 



Of late the catalpa, grown as a standard, Catalpa 

 Bungei, has become an immensely popular, formal 

 tree outside the garden. At a distance of possibly 

 an eighth of a mile from the sea, I know one quaint 

 yet precise garden, the lines of whose outer bound- 

 aries are marked by these trees. There they seem 

 to thrive as well as they do inland, showing globe- 



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