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GARDEN GUIDE 



think is over planted; it is a 

 trifle bright and has such stiff 

 foHage that, in the minds of 

 many, it does not compare with 

 the softer and more graceful 

 foliage of the Silver Fir. 



Among smaller growing 

 evergreen trees we have the 

 Japanese Cypresses or ' Re- 

 tinisporas, the fohage of which 

 is graceful and the habits 

 charming. The Arbor Vitaes, 

 especially the Chinese species, 

 are very handsome. For mass 

 planting, the Hemlock is ad- 

 mirable; the foliage is most 

 dainty; the trees merge into 

 one another very nicely. Be- 

 cause of the interesting bristly 

 appearing cones and the soft 

 foHage, the Douglas Fir is to 

 be admired. The Rocky 

 Mountain forms are hardy, 

 but the Coastal Plain form is 

 not in the East. The Irish 

 Juniper is most slender and 

 vertical, but it is an inferior 

 tree because the Winter snows 

 spread the branches and often 

 break them or ruin the shape of the tree. It would seem well to tie 

 the trees up a Uttle before Winter. The pyramidal forms of Juniperus 

 virginiana are superior to the Irish Juniper. They are a substitute 

 for the popular Cypress effects seen in France. 



Street Trees 



All trees are not adapted for street planting. Some of them are 

 too rapid growing, so that the wood is soft and the trees short lived. 

 The poplars well illustrate this class. They are miserable trees, for 

 they break easily in storms; their roots enter the sewer pipes and 

 they heave up sidewalks. Cities which have good forestry control 

 are making the planting of this tree a misdemeanor. The soft Maple, 

 the Sycamore Maple, the European Ash, Birches, Willows, Tulip Tree 

 and the Box Elder come in this class. Other trees are objectionable 



The Colorado Blue Spruce 



There are more delicate and softer appearing 

 evergreens, it is true, but even so the Blue 

 Spruce has a place all its own as a sturdy, 

 hardy and beautifully colored specimen tree 



