VOL. LA^— No. 3,078. 



SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26. 1912. 



THE 



GARDENERS 



MAGAZINE 



NOTE OF THE WEEK. 



the oaks, the elms, the bom^hes, and other produ 



b]o>som in 



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trees that properly belong to the forest an<] their season of floWiTinii, tliey are at least 

 woodhmd be allowed to occupy the hniited equal in attra<*tiveness at other seasons to 

 Flowerings Trees a.ncl Shrubs. space available for trees and f^hrubs in kinds bearing inconspicuous flow<M's. Tlie 

 Trees and shrubs available for the gardens of comparatively small dinionsions. greater number of both trees and shrubs 

 (leation of garden scenery are of many An immense improvement has been effected bloom during the spring and early summer 

 kinds, and evince a remarkable divergence 

 in character and adaptability for the vari- 

 ous positions the garden affords for the 

 demonstration of the varied charms of arbo- 

 rescent and ligneous vegetation. There 

 are trees and shrubs that are remarkable 

 for their graceful habit or nobility of as- 

 pect, that claim attention for 

 the attractive colouring, or ele- 



in this direction during the twenty years months, but if we include the heaths, and 



that have elapsed since we began our spe- iliey should certainly not be omitted, there 



cial advocacy of tlu^ claims that lit-tutiiul is hardly a month in the year in which 



flowering trees and slirub.s have upon one or more will not yield their floral 

 owners of gardens, hut much has yet to be 



accomplished before they will have ade- 

 quate representation in planting schemes. 



gance 



of their leafage ; and 

 there are others — and they are 

 many — which strongly appeal to 



garden lovers hy reason of the 

 great beauty of their flowers. 

 There is no occasion to institute 

 ^•omparisons between the several 

 classes with a view to deter- 

 mine their relative merits. But 

 it is important the fact should 

 be recognised that all trees and 

 shrubs which possess heauty in 

 a marked degree should, at the 

 planting season, have their 

 claims fully considered, whether 

 their beauty he derived from 

 habit of growth or from 



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fine fiowcrs or bright foliage. 

 There should be a careful selec- 



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tion of kinds from the several 

 clashes, and this should he made \ 

 with due regard to the aid 

 they will render in carrvins out 

 a well-devised colour scheme, 

 and their suitaibility for the 

 positions to be planted. There 

 should be no conflict between 

 trees or shrubs that have boaii- 

 tiful flowers and those remark- 

 aWe for their attractive leaves, 

 fioth should be utilised in such 

 proportions as will enable the 

 planter to produce the desired 

 <^ttect and ensure the diversitv 

 ^i^ tom and colour so essential to' the full 

 J«vment of the garden, whaKner ni.iv 

 e Its dunensions and chief characteristics. 



di +^1 P'"^^^"^ we are more imme- 



iitely concerned with trees and shrubs 



Jiat bear flowers of great beauty, and if 

 e urge our readers to plant the finest of 

 ese with some degree of liberality, both 

 burnishing new gardens and making 



est vU^^'^"^ in those which liave been long 

 ^tabhshed, we must not be understood as 

 • "ggestuig that those which have handsome 

 ves or a graceful liabii shoul<l be le^s 



"d be maintained between the distinctW 

 ^•■'«mental kinds. 



balanc 



( harms. The number of months over Mhicli 

 tluv procession of flo\\ers in the shrubberies 

 will extend depcMids, to some ext<Mit, on the 



numlu'r of kinds for wln<'li 

 s])ai-e < :i!i convenieni ly Im- 



found, but those wliose gardens 

 are not huge should plant but 

 sparingly . i f a t all , those 

 whicli bio: nil verv early in 

 the year, Ik < ;nise of tlie risk of 



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the flow<Ms being injured by 

 damp and fog. If they escape 



Wi^l] and gond, but if tb(\v ai«' 

 injured by the i rost a < rrt :i : n 



amount of disapj^jintmcMit is in- 

 evitable. Therefore, the prefer- 

 able course in all but quite 

 spacious gardens is to plant 

 those kinds lliat bloom from 



Mar<*h onwards. 



Moreover, 



MR. WILLIAM YOUNG. 



.<=^hrubs that bloom in April and 

 May can be more fully enjoyed 



than tlio^c s!) ])rtM<K-iouv as to 

 vicld their flow(Ts in the first 

 two months of the year. It is 

 also desirable, where the area of 

 the garden is not very large, to 

 limit ihp <elr:'tion to ^n<h kiixls 



as i>luft]ii trcciy p<>s^*- > 



much beauty. In tlu* fumi^iiing 

 of large garfh'iis <:r<':i ter lali- 

 tude mav bc^ allowed, ior there 



niaiiv kind^ that, while 



m 



sliou V. 



Tile 



shi'uhs irom which selections 

 shindil l;e made include azaleas, 

 hrrheri^. hiiddleia-^. <-eanothuses, 

 ivdonins, <ytisus. dciitzias. es- 

 eallonias forsvtbias. lialrsias. lieatlis. 



are 



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they are not speciaiiv 

 are of much interest. 



Durin^r the past two decades the number , , . ■ 



the finest of the flowering trees and hypericums, honeysuckles. lila<-s, olearias, 



shrubs plante<l annually have increased by 

 at least a thousandfold, if we except the 



but 



no longer 



rhoflodendrons, which had previously 

 tained fuller recognition than had oth-r 

 classes of shrubs. In some cases a doubt 

 exists as to the a<lvisability of making a 

 distinct departure in the method of plant- 

 incr and in others trees and shrubs re- 

 markable for the b.^auty ot their flowers 

 are planted .so sp'iriiigly as to tail to appiv- 

 ciably increase the chariuv ot the gardm, 

 and we would direct the attention (1 tlnse 

 of ciir reader- w lio hesitate to plant tl:em 

 should freelv to the tart that while they aiinudly 



rihes 



nunis, an<l weigelas, Tht^i the trees from 

 \\hi:li selections should lie nia<h:' <'oin]uise 

 th(^ <loul>le-flowiM'(Ml < hen ies. <-:italpas, 

 diiuhle-flowered }>eaches, chestnuts, labur- 

 niin.s. magnolias, plums, styrax. th(U-ns, 

 and Snowy Mespilus. The species and 

 varieties of the fore-funu, genera do 

 ]iot exhanst tlie merit lU ions kinds, as 

 .l,,,;vn in I tie contri hntinus on flowering 

 tree-. ;ui<! diruiis that aj^pear \u othi'r parts 

 of this isMU\ but tlu'v vhouid receive first 

 consideration, a. th.y ^^V^ afford simjile 

 material for the pre.luction of the ni. st 



