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one. It is far better than sprinkling them indis- 

 criminately over the whole garden. At the same 

 time, where sufficient space is not available for the 

 formation of a pinetum they may be used in their 

 proper proportion with other evergreens in various 

 parts of the garden. Single specimens on lawns of 

 Abies, Picea, and of many other genera are always 

 effective, and nothing in the whole range of native 

 or foreign trees is more stately and picturesque than 

 the Cedar of Lebanon. How much do we of the 

 present day owe to those who a century or more 

 ago planted this tree so abundantly in this country ! 



Before planting Conifers largely in any garden 

 where they are to be grown for their purely 

 ornamental qualities, a study should be made of 

 the species planted in other gardens where the 

 conditions as to soil, moisture, and altitude are 

 similar. On the peaty formations in Surrey and 

 Hampshire where Rhododendrons succeed so well, 

 many Conifers thrive exceedingly well also. The 

 Common Spruce and its allies are nearly all failures 

 on light dry soil, especially where the subsoil is 

 gravel. In places, however, where the Spruces fail, 

 the Common Larch and the Lawson Cypress succeed 

 well. In chalk districts many Conifers refuse to 

 grow, but the following are among those that thrive : 

 Abt'es magnifica, A. nobilis, A. nordmanniana, and A. 

 Pinsapo, the Cedars, Cupressus lawsoniana, C. macro- 

 carpa, and C. nootkatensis, the Maidenhair tree, the 

 Junipers, the Thuyas, the Yews, and the following 

 Pines : Pinus Laricio and P. austriaca, the Scotch 



