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THE CANADIAN HOETICULTURIBT. 



"Finis" upon it, which was sent to ex- 

 President Arthur's funeral, and was 

 regarded as the most conspicuous and 

 elegant of all the floral pieces, came 

 from the Chinese Minister. — Toronto 

 Globe. 



^xtZB ani) Shrubs. 



SUITABLE TREES FOR THE LAWN. 



p. E. BUCKE, OTTAWA. 



It appeal's questionable to many 

 whether trees should be planted in the 

 lawn or not. After all it is perhaps a 

 matter of taste. Where the area is 

 confined and a rage for tennis exists, 

 requiring a neatly-kept plot without 

 interruption for boys or ball, trees are 

 of course inadmissable ; but for such 

 people as have grounds sufficiently ex- 

 tensive to be devoted in part to plea- 

 sure, and in part to the beautiful, there 

 is nothing more handsome for the eye 

 to rest upon than judiciously selected 

 trees — the word judicious is used ad- 

 visedly, as the size of the trees selected, 

 when grown, should be in accordance 

 with the area in which it is planted. 

 No one should plant a forest, elm or 

 horse-chestnut, in a seven by nine lot. 



Before going further, I would remark 

 that beginners in planting are apt to 

 be too profuse, forgetting that in a 

 few years hence the young sapling will 

 become a spreading oak or an umbra- 

 geous pine. In large grounds, clumps 

 of trees are desirable, but in more cir- 

 cumscribed places, single specimens are 

 more ornamental. 



Some of the hardier varieties of lawn 

 trees are : — 



Weir's Cut-Leaved Maple {Acer 

 Laciniata Weirii), a weeping, graceful 

 tree. It has been growingr on the 

 Parliament grounds here for several 

 years on a very exposed high bluff where 

 the north and east winds have full 



sweep, but it has never lost a twig ; the 



leaves are very deeply indented, the 



lower branches bending towards the 



groimd, whilst those at the top of the 

 tree are very erect. 



Ash-Leaved Maple {Acer nequndo). 

 — There are evidently two varieties of 

 this tree ; the one, of Manitoban origin, 

 is perfectly hardy in any part of Ca- 

 nada. It has no resemblance to the 

 maple family in growth, bark, or leaf. 

 It grows freely from seeds, which ripen 

 late in autumn. It does not germinate 

 until next year, whilst the other maples 

 make a small plant the same year in 

 which the seed falls. Its growth is 

 very rapid, its form is irregular and 

 spreading. This tree is being exten- 

 sively planted in the cities and towns 

 of the North-West. It is A^ery easy of 

 transplanting. When I was in Mani- 

 toba three years ago last August I 

 found that large numbers of this tree 

 had been set out in the streets of 

 Brandon. The earth there was high, 

 dry, and gravelly, and though there 

 had been an almost continuous drouth 

 throughout the summer, almost every 

 tree was living. In its natural state it 

 grows along the bottom lands and mar- 

 gins of streams. This tree gi-ows freely 

 from cuttings. 



THETARTARiANMAPLEf^cerTar^ari- 

 cum) is of the shrubby growth, and 

 nearly, though not quite so hardy as the 

 nequndo. Its dwarf form makes it 

 more suitable for small grounds. 



The Imperial Cut-leaved Alder 

 {Alnus Imperialis Laciniata) is also 

 suited for contracted areas. It is also 

 pyramidal shape; its light, feathery 

 foliage, which is deeply cut, and is of a 

 greyish-green colour, makes it very 

 attractive. 



The Cut-Leaved Alder (A Laci- 

 niata) is pretty and vigorous, and is 

 considered one of the best of the Alder 

 tribe. 



