. The art of beautifying suburban home grounds of small extent;. Landscape gardening; Trees; Suburban homes. [from old catalog]. 318 DECIDUOUS TREES. Fig. ioi. columnar stems, with a parasol-like tuft of foliage at the top; but as they are gradually exposed on all sides to the sun the head widens rapidly, the tall trunk covers itself from root to branch with a picturesque small spray peculiar to this elm, the outer branches of the top begin to droop and fall like spray from a fountain, until the whole tree assumes a loftier grace than belongs to its lower and broader-crowned sisters of the eas
. The art of beautifying suburban home grounds of small extent;. Landscape gardening; Trees; Suburban homes. [from old catalog]. 318 DECIDUOUS TREES. Fig. ioi. columnar stems, with a parasol-like tuft of foliage at the top; but as they are gradually exposed on all sides to the sun the head widens rapidly, the tall trunk covers itself from root to branch with a picturesque small spray peculiar to this elm, the outer branches of the top begin to droop and fall like spray from a fountain, until the whole tree assumes a loftier grace than belongs to its lower and broader-crowned sisters of the eastern valleys. Fig. loi is a sketch of a young forest elm that is beginning to develop the changes just described. Unfortunately, however, such forest- grown trees, if more than forty or fifty years old, usually fall victims of the first summer tornado that finds them in its track. For the formation of wide avenues the elm, in congenial soil, has no equal among trees. But it should never be planted in narrow streets, nor nearer than forty feet asunder in wide ones. Its great size and breadth of head should also cause it to be sparingly planted in or near small grounds, if a variety of shrubs or small trees are desired. The roots of the white elm feed quite near the surface, so that surface manuring in autumn is a wonderful stimulant to its growth. Large street trees are often se- riously injured in old villages by the gradual accumulation of gravel and broken stone incident to annual road improvements, until the feeding roots are so covered that they cease to have any rich surface to feed in. In other places noble old trees are being literally starved to death, while the good people who walk under them are wondering why their elms do not look as well as for- merly. Streets much travelled are continually enriched by drop- pings, and where the soil is not covered by water-proof pavements, there is little danger of trees in such streets suffering from this cause. But many instances
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