XXVII. PLEACHED OR GREEN ALLEYS 334

XXXVIII. THE GARDEN ORCHARD 338

XXXIX. THE WORTHY USE OF ROSES 342

XL. PLANTING AND STAKING TREES 353

XLI. HARDY TREES AND SHRUBS, TABLES OF 357

INDEX 489

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

CLUSTER PINE (_Pinus Pinaster_) _Frontispiece_

GUELDER ROSE _To face page_ 2

MAGNOLIA STELLATA " " 3

AESCULUS PARVIFLORA (late July) " " 4

SLOE, DOUBLE-FLOWERED (_Prunus spinosa, fl. pl._) " " 5

IN THE WOODLAND AT KEW " " 6

WAYFARING TREE (_Viburnum Lantana_) " " 7

GROUPING OF SHRUB AND DAFFODIL " " 10

NATURAL GROUPING OF SHRUB IN ROUGH GROUND " " 11

SHRUB AND IRIS GROUPS BY WOODLAND " " 14

AZALEA GARDEN AT KEW " " 15

CEANOTHUS AZUREUS AT KEW " " 24

CEANOTHUS AZUREUS, MARIE SIMON " " 25

PEARL BUSH (_Exochorda grandiflora_) " " 26

HYDRANGEA PANICULATA GRANDIFLORA (Unpruned) " " 30

HYDRANGEA PANICULATA GRANDIFLORA " " 31

TULIP TREE AT RANELAGH (Winter) " " 46

LIME (Winter Beauty) " " 47

WITCH HAZEL (_Hamamelis japonica_, var. _zuccariniana_) " " 62

ULMUS ALATA " " 63

WILLOW, BABYLONIAN BY WATERSIDE " " 88

ASH, WEEPING " " 89

WEEPING ASPEN (_Populus tremula_, var. _pendula_) " " 90

WEEPING WYCH ELM " " 91

ELAEAGNUS PUNGENS " " 98

CORNUS MAS (var. _variegata_) " " 99

TAURIAN TAMARISK (_Tamarix tetrandra_) IN FLOWER " " 103

ASHES BY WATER EDGE " " 106

LOMBARDY POPLAR " " 107

CORSICA