114 THE GAEDENEE'S COMPANION 



Deciduous Cypress Taxodium distichum. A 

 tree not very commonly seen, but one of great 

 beauty ; in growth and foliage somewhat like a 

 Cypress, reaching to a very considerable height 

 where it does well ; the light feathery foliage takes 

 most beautiful colours in the autumn. It is said 

 to like growing near water, or in places where the 

 roots soon reach water ; but I have seen it growing 

 splendidly where there was no water near, but in 

 good rich soil. 



Elm Ulmus. Elms are fine-looking trees at a 

 distance, but have nothing to recommend them for 

 planting near at hand, and they are very brittle, 

 more often getting injured by high wind than most 



Horse Chestnut (Esculus Hippocastatum, has 

 white flowers. (E. H. rubicunda is the red- 

 flowered variety. 



Ilex Quercus Rex, or Evergreen Oak. This 

 well-known evergreen tree is very beautiful in 

 spring when the young shoots of light green 

 show up against the dark foliage; it is a slow- 

 growing tree, but attains a considerable size. The 

 foliage of the wide-spreading branches is very dense, 

 so that the tree affords splendid shelter from rain, 



