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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



Twenty Years' Experience 



in close practical touch with large and small estates in all parts of the country enables us to offer to every owner of Grounds and 

 Gardens our special help in Designs and suggestions for the improvement of such, and with greater economy and saving than can 

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Why Evergreens Should Be 

 Massed Instead of Planted Singly 



MUCH interest will be excited by Mr. 

 Henry Hicks' paper on the best hardy 

 evergreens in the initial number of The 

 Garden Magazine. I believe, however, 

 that he is too hard on the Norway spruce and 

 does not point out the weakness of the white 

 pine. The white pine on Long Island is 

 afflicted with a mysterious disease. A tree 

 that seems to be in good health this year may 

 be dying next. It is also liable to breakage 

 by high winds. I doubt if there is on Long 

 Island a single white pine that is native to 

 the soil. Doubtless, there are many volun- 

 teer seedlings, from planted trees, but no 

 original forest. In this locality, therefore, it 

 is as much of a foreigner as is the Norway 

 spruce. Nearly the same complaint can be 

 made of the hemlock (Tsuga Canadensis). 

 So far as I know, there is only one small native 

 group of these trees on Long Island. It is 

 one of the most susceptible of all trees to the 

 disastrous effects of high winds. 



I agree with Mr. Hicks that evergreens 

 should be massed, not planted singly, and 

 should be on northern slopes protected from 

 high winds and the winter sun. Evergreens 

 planted singly on open lawns without a shel- 

 tering background never make sightly speci- 

 mens. Except on roadways, it is best to plant 

 trees in masses, and for this purpose it is 

 not essential to have costly specimen trees. 

 Given a windbreak, it is better to plant 

 many small trees at the same or less cost, 

 though a few large specimens may be advan- 

 tageously placed in the foreground and if 

 protected by the main planting, will be satis- 

 factory when considered singly or in relation 

 to the whole picture. 



It is well to have large specimen evergreen 

 trees, but they should be near a group of 

 other trees, not only for protection, but for 

 beauty. x. F. 



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