SHADE TREES AND L \ L K G K L ii N S 



But many places are hilly, n^llin^ c;r terracerl, or 

 have hollows and banks running through them. Here 

 you must plan carefully just how you will arrange 

 your trees. Make use of low ones and tall ones, 

 broad ones and slim ones, according to the nature 

 of the place they will stand in, and according to 

 their relation to the rest of the planting. Use plenty 

 of low Arborvita?s, Junipers, Hemlock and Spruces, 

 as trees in hedge and as ground-cover. Use Privet 

 for hedge when the hedge sets on lower ground than 

 the paths, and Barberry when the hedge sets on 

 higher ground; this because Barberry grows so 

 thick right down to the bottom, while Privet lets 

 the light through. Blue, White and Douglas 

 Spruces grow very even, and get tall. Set them in 

 low places. On higher ground set spreading trees, 

 like White Pine, Norway Spruce, the Maples, 

 Elm, Umbrella Tree and Walnut. Under these you 

 may use smaller things. But the idea is to get a 

 broken sky-line — to get away from straight and 

 level regularity'. In all these suggestions, evergreens 

 are mentioned by name more often than shade 

 trees, but it is only to show the type of tree, not 

 that such a particular variety must be planted. 

 Choose the trees that are suited to your conditions and 

 that you like best. Arrange them so as to get the 

 shade, the protection, and the effect you need. 



This picture shows you how Maples and other shade trees are trimmed 

 in the nursery. The cultivation, root-pruning, etc., develop fibrous roots; 

 while careful pruning, trimming and close, even planting insure straight 

 trunks. You can't get these features in wild trees. 



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