all has been woefully temporary. ^ Of course, 

 the beauty-giving life of the Lombardy poplar 

 may be prolonged, by "topping", that is, you 

 know, the cutting away of the leader (the 

 central branch) but it is an extremely difficult 

 and hazardous undertaking after it has 

 reached the desired " arti^ic proportions " and I 

 assume that is why so few are ever " topped". It 

 perhaps may account for their being termed 

 " short-lived trees", and so they are. Italian tree 

 eff e(5ts may be introduced in our American gardens 

 by a tree with all the advantages, with all the 

 slender grace of the Lombardy poplars and with- 

 out its faults. 



^ This satisfactory tree is the Pyramidal or 

 columnar Wych Elm (fastigiata) . It is long-lived, 

 hardy, quick-growing, pic5turesquely beautiful and 

 invaluable for vi^a planting, grouping, sky-line 

 effects, and where tall screen trees, colonies and 

 groups are required for " elevation " or relieving 

 and improving a flat or unsatisfactory outlook, 

 drawing the eye to the beauty, dignity and pride 

 of place they so readily bestow. Indeed the uses of 

 the Pyramidal Wych Elm (fastigiata) are so 

 immense in treeing, landscape and ** feature-mak- 

 ing ' ' that it would be impossible for me to embrace 

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^ It may be we take trees too much for granted 

 and again, don't you think that we should know 

 at lea^ a little something of the habits, the char- 

 acteristics and requirements of the trees we plant? 

 For trees are planted not for a year and a day, but 

 we hope for a life-time. We do know they muSt be 

 correctly planted in deep wide holes packed with 

 good soil, and with a Readying wire to hold them 

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