The Garden Magazine, July, 1921 
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the moisture-loving species being placed along the 
banks of the stream. A list of about eighty trees 
for which Aldie is noted was made in a three hour 
tour of the arboretum not long ago. Along the 
high cement wall, which guards the arboretum 
from the public road, are a number of fine, tall 
specimens of Sweet Gum (Liquidambar styraciflua), 
most desirable for park plantings; and a single 
deciduous Cypress (Taxodium distichum) raises a 
spire-shaped top above its round-headed, broad- 
leaved fellows. The cypress is found in other parts 
of the grounds as well, and at one place near the 
stream a large specimen has developed the charac- 
teristic knees, or pneumatophores. 
Several large English Oaks (Ouercus Robur) are 
scattered about Aldie, but the fastigiate forms 
(Quercus Robur fastigiata) seem to have been fa- 
vorites, for they are growing in a number of places. 
The English Ash (Fraxinus excelsior), the European 
Beech (Fagus sylvaticus) and its purple variety 
have reached a large size of trunk in the fifty years 
since they were saplings. The English Elm (Ulmus 
campestris), with its dark green foliage and massive 
canopy, contrasts strongly with the spreading habit 
and more open appearance of an American Elm 
close by. Several Yellow-wood trees (Cladrastis 
lutea), here as in the other eastern Pennsylvania 
arboreta, have made a thrifty growth and may be 
classed as one of the most desirable of our trees for 
lawn use. The founder of the tree garden did not 
forget the Magnolias for nearly all the well known 
hardy kinds have been included, such as Magnolia 
acuminata, M. virginiana (glauca), M. conspicua, 
M. umbrella. The coniferous trees have done re- 
markably well near Doylestown and in this garden 
they need thinning out where planted in groves. 
The Black Spruce (Picea nigra), Red Spruce, 
(P. rubra), the Norway Spruce (Picea excelsa), the 
CEDAR WALK AT ALDIE 
GARDEN ENTRANCE 
Impressive and with a sort of 
Old World dignity this en- 
trance stimulates the visitor to 
expectancy as to what may be 
found within 
Obligingly docile, the Cedar 
lends itself to all sorts of uses 
dictated by man’s whim. The 
lovely, symmetrical living 
arches give this walk unusual 
character 
Oriental Spruce (P. orientalis), the White Fir (Abies concolor), 
the White Pine (Pinus strobus), the Hemlock (Tsuga canadensis) 
have done remarkably well. The Maples, not planted in 
systematic sequence, are sprinkled about wherever needed in 
the landscape design. The following Maples are represented 
at Aldie: Sugar Maple (Acer saccharum), Silver Maple (A. 
saccharinum), Norway Maple (A. platanoides), Sycamore 
Maple (A. pseudoplatanus) and several of the different kinds of 
Japanese Maples, as well as the Box Elder (Negundo aceroides). 
A large Ginkgo tree is planted where its peculiar branching habit 
and attractive foliage can be seen to the best advantage. Along 
the stream are found the Hornbeam (Carpinus caroliniana), 
Shiny Willow (Salix lucida), and Fringe tree (Chionanthus 
virginica), which is one of the showy plants in the Mercer arbore- 
tum when in flower. 
The collection of shrubs is not as large as one might expect in 
a place the size of the Doylestown arboretum. Azaleas, Rho- 
dodendrons, Viburnums, Roses, Spiraeas, and Lilacs play their 
usual role of beauty, but one misses the rarer and newer varieties. 
The present owner seems to take particular pride in his 
formal garden, where his unusual taste, as the manufacturer of 
cement garden accessories and furniture, is displayed with true 
artistic appreciation of their value in enhancing the beauty of 
the planted grounds. 
The house, which is of the English cottage style, is embowered 
