THE ROMANCE OF OUR TREES 



(U. nitens var. JVheatleyi) which appears in some 

 nurserymen's catalogues under the name of Ulmus 

 campestris monumentalis. 



Fairly well known is Quercus pedunculata var. fas- 

 tigiata, the Cypress Oak, a variety of the English 

 Oak, and very variable in foliage. In western Eu- 

 rope it grows to a large tree but in this country, though 

 it is quite hardy, it is short-lived. It grows rapidly 

 here but rarely lives more than thirty or forty years. 

 The same is true of the fastigiate Birch {Betula pen- 

 dula var. fastigiata), which has a narrow crown of 

 erect branches. It is strange that among such a 

 large tribe as the Birches the common White Birch 

 of Europe alone has sported distinct forms. 



Among that summer-flowering group of trees, the 

 Lindens, there is but one with upright branches. 

 This is Tilia platyphyllos var. pyramidalis, a Euro- 

 pean tree whose branches taper from a broad base 

 to a pointed apex, and is pyramidal rather than erect 

 in habit. The European Hornbeam (Carpinus Betu- 

 lus) has given rise to two forms of upright habit. 

 One (var. glohosa), in spite of its name, is a dwarf, 

 very compact, fastigiate plant, the other (var. pyra- 

 midalis) is well described by its varietal name. 



One of the most interesting of all fastigiate trees 

 is the Dawyck Beech {Fagus sylvatica var. dawyckii). 

 This remarkable form of the European Beech origi- 



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