. The Florists' exchange : a weekly medium of interchange for florists, nurserymen, seedsmen and the trade in general . ingthickly with trees. The trees should be of a fast-growing nature and of a kind to make spreading branches, requiring muchfoliage. But thase of a deep-rooting character shouldbe set aside in favor of shallow-rooting sorts as rootswill not penetrate or thrive where water does not passaway from them. It is useless to set trees where waterstands the whole time. If it is desired to better sucha place by trees, moimds of soil should be made, theirsurfaces well above the level of
. The Florists' exchange : a weekly medium of interchange for florists, nurserymen, seedsmen and the trade in general . ingthickly with trees. The trees should be of a fast-growing nature and of a kind to make spreading branches, requiring muchfoliage. But thase of a deep-rooting character shouldbe set aside in favor of shallow-rooting sorts as rootswill not penetrate or thrive where water does not passaway from them. It is useless to set trees where waterstands the whole time. If it is desired to better sucha place by trees, moimds of soil should be made, theirsurfaces well above the level of the water, and smalltrees set on them. As these little trees grow the in-crease of foliage year by year will lessen the quantityof water surrounding them, the roots extending andcalling for more water. When groves are desired where none now exist, andwhere the soil is swampy, they should be started withsmall trees, thus permitting the roots to be above thewater. .-Xs the trees grow the roots will extend andwill carry more and more water from the ground, sothat year by year the swamp will grow less. SailsSalamonii. Syringa villosa Where natural streams of running water exist andsmall groups or islands of trees arc desired along theircourses, the trees set must be those of shallow-rootingnature, as the roots will not go below the level of therunning water surrounding thcin. Quite small seedlingsare the most satisfactory. „ , _ _, A correspondent refers to an Beds of Evergreen 3,^^,^ j^*-^^e Nursery Depart-*** ment of The Exchange some time ago in which mention was made of two beds offerns, one of Asplenium Filix-foemina, the other Pterisaquilina, both of which are deciduous sorts, and asksif there are not evergreen ferns that could be used inthe same way. Ves, there are evergreen ferns such as Aspidiumspinulosum, A. acrostichoides and A. marginale, butthey are not of the quick-spreading character of theferns already mentioned. They increase slowly, so thatmany more plants are
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