ORNAMENTAL CONIFERS IN THE LOWER THAMES VALLEY. Ill 



tree quite out of place in a garden. It is a slow grower. Neither of 

 these trees should under any circumstances be planted in suburban 

 gardens. 



No Araucarias should ever be planted in any suburban garden. 

 A. imbricata does well as a specimen tree in any district where summer 

 droughts never take place— in Ireland, for instance. 



I have a presentable tree in my garden, but it is only kept alive by 

 allowing a hose of running water to play upon its roots the whole 

 summer ; and then it is like fighting against nature. 



Scarcely any can be recommended for suburban gardens. The Bhutan 

 Pine [P. excclsa] does better than the rest in the smoke- fog area, and is a 

 very rapid grower ; but recently a white aphis (?) has attacked the boughs 

 (appearing on the under side), and another disease the shoots. This is 

 certainly a fine rapid-growing forest tree for dry soils, and should be 

 extensively planted in the New Forest, but it is not a garden tree. It 

 carries seed when comparatively young, and the seedlings are easily 

 reared. Abies Nordmanniana is one of the worst trees for the purpose 

 that have ever been introduced into suburban gardens, and should on no 

 account be planted. 



By the lake at Kew this elegant erect tree appears to be doing fairly 

 well. If it will stand the smoke and dry soil (which latter is more than 

 doubtful) it would be a good "screen" tree, as it gets up well without 

 taking too much room, and has an elegant contour. 



Araucarias. 



Pines. 



Tsuga canadensis (Hemlock Spruce). 



