ORNAMENTAL PLANTING 7 



found in these classes : Native growths that are absent 

 or unusual in the district, such as the Spindle Tree 

 (Euonymus), White Beam, Service Tree, White and 

 Black Thorn, Wild Cherry, Bird Cherry, Wild Guelder 

 Rose {Viburnum Opulus), and V. Lantana, Honeysuckle, 

 Wild Roses, Juniper, and Daphne Laureola. 



Then, among cultivated trees and shrubs, those that 

 are nearly related to our wild kinds, including some 

 that are found in foreign woodlands that have about 

 the same latitude and climate as our own. Among 

 these will be Quinces and Medlars, many kinds of 

 ornamental Crataegus, Scarlet Oaks, various Elders 

 and Crabs, and the grand Sorbus americana, so like our 

 native Mountain Ash, but on a much larger scale. 



A very careful planting with trees and shrubs of 

 some of these and, perhaps, other allied kinds, may 

 give additional beauty and interest to woodland. 

 Differences of soil will, of course, be carefully 

 considered, for if a piece of woodland were on 

 chalky soil, a totally different selection should be 

 made from one that would be right for a soil that 

 was poor and sandy. 



In moist, sandy, or, still better, peaty ground, 

 especially where there is a growth of Birches and 

 Scotch Firs, and not many other kinds of trees, a 

 plantation of Rhododendrons may have a fine effect. 

 But in this case it is better to use the common 

 R. pontkum only, as a mixture of differently coloured 

 kinds is sure to give a misplaced-garden look, or 

 an impression as if a bit of garden ground had 

 missed its way and got lost in the wood. 



