. English trees and tree-planting [microform]. Trees; Arbres. 194 ENGLISH TREES AND TREE-PLANTING. ber, or March and April; and, as before stated, they will flourish best when planted in masses by them- selves ; and although in some cases they may require nurses, in their permanent character they must not be interfered with by any other tree. Varieties.âThe varieties of the ash are the weep- ing ash [pendula) (very commonly trained to form an arbour on a grass plot), which was first discovered growing in a field at GambUngay in Cambridgeshire ; the yellow-barked (Jaspidea), and the green-colou
. English trees and tree-planting [microform]. Trees; Arbres. 194 ENGLISH TREES AND TREE-PLANTING. ber, or March and April; and, as before stated, they will flourish best when planted in masses by them- selves ; and although in some cases they may require nurses, in their permanent character they must not be interfered with by any other tree. Varieties.âThe varieties of the ash are the weep- ing ash [pendula) (very commonly trained to form an arbour on a grass plot), which was first discovered growing in a field at GambUngay in Cambridgeshire ; the yellow-barked (Jaspidea), and the green-coloured (atrovirens). The most important of the American varieties are the white ash {F. Americana), a beautiful tree ; the black ash (F. sambucifolia), having buds of a deep blue colour; the red ash {F. tomentosa), with bark of a deep brown colour, the lower surface of the leaves and shoots being covered with a reddish down ; the blue ash {F. quadrangulata), the bark of which is said to yield a blue dye; and the Carolinian ash {F. platicarpa), distinguished by its nearly round acuminated leaflets, of which tliere are only com- monly two pairs, with an odd one, and of smaller size than the other varieties mentioned. - The Beech {Fagus syloatica)ânatural family Amen- tacece, Monoecice, Polyandria of Linnasus.âThe beech is generally regarded as being one of the stateliest, and most handsome of our English trees: attaining a large size, and contributing greatly to our parks and pleasure grounds; the trunk being massive, and covered with a smooth, shining bark ; rising to a great hciglit, with widcspreading, and umbrageous hori- nft :ti ;l >;«*. \ [W^ ) J tvtw 1 â i ;-, vv-/. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Ablett, William H. London : Smith, Elder
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