514. 



Single Trees in Park Scenery. 



whether single trees in a young state, thus imperceptibly, or what 

 is technically styled invisibly, fenced with iron rods and wire, be 

 sufficiently important as objects in extensive grounds, I very 

 much doubt. In order to give single trees, newly planted, the 

 necessary imposing character, I would prefer protecting them 

 with oak boxes, which, properly made of seasoned timber, will 

 endure for 25 or 30 years ; after which, no fence will be requi- 

 site, unless for the very tender species. The following figures 

 (84. and 85.) will show two ways by which trees may be pro- 

 tected from deer, &c., by oak boxes. Fig. 84. will be the most 



expensive, on account of the ex- 

 pense of joining the top and bottom 

 rails to the upright posts by mor- 

 tises. Whichever form is adopted, 

 I would recommend the wood to 

 be smoothly planed and properly 



painted, in order to increase its dura- 



^1 JL_i[ bility. I would also recommend every 



** i f tree to have the botanical name, and 

 85 the year when planted, engraved or 



stamped on a piece of sheet lead, as in Jig. 86., and nailed to 

 This would prevent any future uncertainty as to the 



each box. 



86 



Quercus Cerris. 

 1836. 



name and age of the tree. Cedars and other 



evergreen trees, which it is desirable should 



at all ages have their branches sweeping the 



ground, may be protected with iron hurdles, 



fastened together with bolts and nuts ; so that 



at any future time, as the branches extend 



themselves, other hurdles may with facility be added, so as to 



increase the diameter of the circle on which the tree stands. 



Suppose, then, any particular part of an approach to a house 

 was naked, and that the object was simply to clothe it, and to 

 add to its botanical interest and importance ; and that this was 

 to be done with single trees only : — to carry this intention into 

 effect, the principal object would be " to prevent variety from 

 degenerating into confusion," by a judicious connection of the 

 species employed, without repetition of them at random. This 

 object, I think, the dotting exhibited in j%. 87. will accomplish, 

 if the trees planted are those enumerated in the annexed list. 

 To commence and continue an unbroken botanical representation 

 in a park would be absurd ; but to explain why it would be so 

 must be the subject of another communication. 



Bicton Gardens, April 14<. 1836. 



We hope our correspondent will pursue the subject of land- 

 scape-gardening, and what may be called botanical planting, 

 through all its various ramifications, as they occur in actual 



