Trees and Shrubs 



Pyrus floribunda, Pyrus Japonica, Pyrus malus, and its 

 varieties, Pyrus Americana, and Pyrus acuparia (the Mountain 

 Ash) are all valuable in landscape work. 



Propagate by seeds sown one-quarter of an inch deep in 

 Spring; transplant, the following Spring, into nursery rows 

 one foot apart in the row, the rows being two feet apart from 

 each other. 



QUERCUS (Oak}. 



The Oaks belong to all countries which enjoy a temperate 

 climate, and every country owning them is proud of its Oaks 

 with their immense trunks, their picturesque character and great 

 spread of limbs. For landscape effects on a large scale the Oak 

 tree is indispensable, its rugged stem and twisted branches fur- 

 nishing an element of character not to be found in any other 

 genus. 



All of the family are worthy of a place in any collection, 

 but our natives should be preferred, as they give the same general 

 effects as the Eastern and the European species; besides we 

 know that our native species are sure to be long-lived, as they 

 are comparatively free from disease and immune from the at- 

 tacks of injurious insects. Many Oak trees which are long-lived 

 in their native countries have proved to be short-lived when 

 transplanted to a foreign country. The English Oak, for in- 

 stance, which in Europe lives, under favorable conditions, to the 

 great age of from fifteen hundred to eighteen hundred years, is 

 said to show signs of decay when it reaches the age of from 

 fifty to seventy years in the Eastern States. Native trees, there- 

 fore, should at all times be given the preference when the in- 

 digenous species give the effects desired. 



The White Oak delights in a deep rich heavy loam resting 

 on a clay subsoil, the Live Oak in a rich loam on a gravel sub- 

 soil. Stagnant water about the roots of a Live Oak will cause the 

 tree to become sickly and to fail to grow satisfactorily. Our 



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