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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- 

 European 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 English 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 

 s a t i s f actorv for 

 emphasising i m - 

 port ant points. 

 Fig. xix. shows 

 two vigorous 

 yews of upright 

 habit in Mr. 

 Horace Hutchin- 

 son's garden at 

 Shepherd's Gate, fig. xxni. — le.-vd fountain in bridge end garden, saffron walden. 



