OF THE CHIEF SHRUBS USEFUL FOR THEIR 

 STEM COLOURING IN WINTER 



Every tree has its distinctive mode of branching. We 

 are especially partial to the winter effect of the silver 

 weeping birch (Plate I.)^ and the white beam tree 

 (Pyrus Arid), but tastes differ. The birch has also its 

 fine bark to recommend it, and this feature is noticeable 

 in other species, especially Betula papyrifera. The winter 

 condition of the English elm is beautiful : this tree is 

 well suited for large estates. The bark of many trees is 

 beautiful. Perhaps one of the most distinctive is the 

 thick red brown of the Sequoia sempervirens. When 

 planted in woods this gives a peculiar distinctiveness. 



The snake's bark maple (^Acer pennsylvanicum) has 

 singular white striped bark. A variety of this, 

 erythrocladuniy is a striking red-stemmed maple, and is 

 perhaps the finest of those trees with vividly coloured 

 shoots. It thrives well in the Edinburgh Botanic 

 Gardens, and will be sought for by all. 



A number of quick growing deciduous shrubs have 

 young stems of a comparatively brighter hue. By 

 planting freely various effects may be obtained, *^ some 

 golden red and some again bright green." Thus it is 

 well to arrange to colour. 



White. — The white-washed looking stems of Rubus 

 bijlorus give a curious and interesting effect in winter, 



1 A remarkably fine tree. It is the one quoted in ^'The Variations 

 of Animals and Plants under Domestication "as ''a magnificent weeping 

 birch" (see p. i8, vol. ii.). 



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