Introduction. 



XXXIU. 



crowded into nearly every garden as exponents of the horticultural taste of the 

 day. Now, when they are approaching maturity of growth, they have either been 

 cut away wholesale, or their owners, of the later generation that has learnt better 

 gardening, look ruefully at the large trees so unwisely planted. In fact, unless space 

 is so great that experimental planting may be done on a large scale, or the foreign 

 trees are so well 

 known in all stages 

 of growth that 

 they can be used 

 with a sure hand, 

 it is safer to trust 

 to our native ever- 

 greens and the few 



Eui-opean kinds 



that we have long 



known. In their 



way nothing is 



better than the 



native juniper, 



Scotch fir and yew 



for our sandy up- 

 lands ; yew also 



for chalky soils, 



and spruce and 



silver fir for cool 



hollows . Our 



noble Enghsh yew 



is nearly always 



beneficial in the 



garden landscape. 



Whether as a 



trimmed hedge or 



as a free-growing 



tree, its splendid 



richness of deep- 

 est green, and, 



indeed, its whole 



aspect, is of the 



utmost value. 



No tree is more 



satisfactory for 



emphasising i m 



port ant points. 



Fig. xix. shows 



two vigorous 



vews of upright 



hibit in Mr. 



Horace Hutchin- 

 son's garden at 



Shepherd's Gate, 



FIG. XXIII. — LEAD FOUNTAIN IN BRIDGE END GARDEN, SAFFRON WALDEN. 



