. The art of beautifying suburban home grounds of small extent;. Landscape gardening; Trees; Suburban homes. [from old catalog]. 130 ARTIFICIAL ADAPTATIONS, ETC. Fig. 41. and the common elm emerging from the centre (as shown in the engraving), and bending its long arms over the former with a freer growth, might, we think, present a combination of grotesque grace less formal in expression than our illus- tration. A broad flat-topped arch of a similar character may be made by grafting all four of the branches with the Scamston elm at a, a, Fig. 39, and the points oppo- site. This may be perfecte
. The art of beautifying suburban home grounds of small extent;. Landscape gardening; Trees; Suburban homes. [from old catalog]. 130 ARTIFICIAL ADAPTATIONS, ETC. Fig. 41. and the common elm emerging from the centre (as shown in the engraving), and bending its long arms over the former with a freer growth, might, we think, present a combination of grotesque grace less formal in expression than our illus- tration. A broad flat-topped arch of a similar character may be made by grafting all four of the branches with the Scamston elm at a, a, Fig. 39, and the points oppo- site. This may be perfected more quickly. For an archway over a carriage en- trance two common elms may be planted by the sides of the gateway, and when their side branches are long enough, may be twisted round and round each other, and tied together, and the other parts of the tree trimmed to develop the best growth of the branches depended on to form the arch. Fig. 41 illustrates the appearance of the trees without their leaves a year or two after the twist has been 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 Scott, Frank Jesup, 1828- [from old catalog]. New York, D. Appleton & co.
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