TREES FOR LONG ISLAND 



Pyramidal Boxwood 

 in tub 



Plants for Formal Gardens 



NDER this heading we list various trained plants which, however, can be used outside of a 

 formal garden; that is, some of them may be used as single specimens or in groups arranged 

 naturally or irregularly. If the trimming to precise Hnes is neglected, they will make broad and 

 dense specimens. For instance, the Hornbeams that have been trained to sharp cones can be 

 used for group planting, and in one season, if unpruned, will make beautiful specimens of irreg- 

 ular outline. The dome - shaped Privet will make big, broad bushes of better quality than usual 

 in shrub plantings. 



For formal planting, this material will saye from five to ten or more years as compared with 

 the ordinary stock or small plants which are trained by the gardener on the place. The latter 

 is the European method, and the use of our stock may save a generation. One reason why 

 plants trained in formal shapes are so beautiful in Europe is because they use what is native 

 and therefore healthy. Many people make the colossal blunder of importing plants not adapted 

 to this climate, which struggle along for several years before the owners realize the ex- 

 pensive mistake which makes their gardens unsatisfactory. 



The form or the design is the important thing. The species is not important. Therefore, 

 take what is native and train it. You can take Wild Cherry and make beautiful standards 6 

 feet wide in two years, and they will stand drought and salt spray. The fun of expressing 

 your ideas with local material may be secured with Cedar, Bayberry, Dogwood, Beech, Oak, 

 Pitch Pine, White Pine, Hemlock and many others. Do not wait for the nurserymen to train 

 material, but start the fashion yourself. 



STANDARDS 



These are plants with a straight, bare stem and a 

 globular head. 



Gatalpa Buugei. The Catalpa has leaves 4 to 8 inches 

 wide. It grows rapidly and makes a wide head more 

 quickly than any other plant. It is made by grafting the 

 Catalpa Bungei on the stem of the Catalpa tree. It is 

 best to keep them cut back both in winter and summer, 

 to induce a dense, symmetrical growth which is less liable 

 to split than where the head is left untrimmed. Catalpa 



View in our block of trained standard and pyramidal 

 Privet. These have been in the process of manufacture six 

 to twelve years. 



Catalpa Bungei has been popular because of its 

 quick growth 



Bungei usually comes with the stems 4, 5 or 6 feet high. 

 When planted, the heads may be only a foot wide, but 

 by August they will be 3 feet wide. 



Ibota Privet. To make these closely match the Bay 

 Tree, with a head flat at the bottom and hemispherical 

 at the top, we bent the branches down to hoops. They 

 then were repeatedly sheared to get a solid, dense foun- 

 dation for the head. It is possible to get a plant with a 

 V-shaped bottom to the head in one quarter of the time. 

 This variety is perfectly hardy north to Canada. _ We 

 have trained a large quantity of them exactly to uniform 

 sizes, and therefore they are available for large gardens. 

 It is best, in making any planting of this character, to 

 buy a few extra plants and put in a reserve garden to 

 replace any which may accidently get broken. 



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