A treatise on the theory and practice of landscape gardening, adapted to North America,1841 > Section IV. Deciduous Ornamental Trees
Section IV. Deciduous Ornamental Trees
- Chestnut trees Aesculaceae
- Horse-chestnut Aesculus hippocastanum
- American horse chestnut tree species
- Birch trees Betulaceae
- Three-thorned Acacia Gleditsia triacanthos
- Chinese Gleditsia horrida
- Judas tree Cercis siliquastrum
- Chestnut tree Corylaceae
- Use of larch trees
- Rapid growth of larch trees
- Use of larch timber
- Larch plantations in Great Britain
- Contents of Section 4, on deciduous ornamental trees
- Jacopo Sannazzaro, romantic poet, on woods
- Oak trees and the arcadians
- Acorns
- Worship of oak trees in Ancient Britain
- Beauty of oak trees
- William Gilpin on oak trees
- Oak trees as specimens and in groups and masses
- Space around oak trees
- Noble Oak at Flushing, Long Island
- Beauty and utility, John Evelyn
- Oak species
- The White oak. Quercus alba.
- Rock Chestnut oak. Quercus Prinus Monticola.
- Chestnut White oak. Quercus Prinus palustris.
- The Yellow oak. Quercus Prinus acuminata.
- The Pin oak. Quercus palustris.
- The Willow oak. Quercus Phellos.
- The Mossy-cup oak. Quercus olivﾜformis.
- Scarlet oak. Quercus coccinea.
- The Live oak. Quercus virens.
- The English Royal oak. Quercus robur.
- The Turkey oak. Quercus Cerris.
- Other foreign oak trees
- Loamy soil for oak trees
- Elm trees
- Elms for public walks and avenues
- The gracefulness and beauty of elm trees
- The Red or Slippery elm. Ulmus fulva.
- The Wahoo elm Ulmus alata
- The common European elm. Ulmus campestris.
- The Scotch or Wych elm. Ulmus montana.
- Soil conditions for planting elm trees
- Plane trees, Platanaceae
- Plane trees in the United States of America
- Merit of the plane, or buttonwood, tree
- Buttonwood and Oriental Plane
- Ash trees, Oleaseae
- Soil conditions for ash trees
- American White ash
- The White ash. Fraxinus Americana.
- The Black ash Fraxinus sambucifolia
- Other native American ash trees
- The common European ash Fraxinus excelsior
- The Weeping ash
- The Flowering ash Fraxinus Ornus*
- Lime trees Tilaceae
- Leaves of the lime tree
- Lime tree in ancient formal gardens
- The American lime, or basswood Tilia Americana
- The white lime Tilia alba
- The Downy lime tree. Tilia pubescens.
- The European lime Tilia Europﾜa
- Soil conditions for lime trees
- Beech trees Corylacae
- Use of beech nuts to make oil
- Ornamental value of beech trees
- Visual character of beech trees
- Leaves of beech trees
- The White beech Fagus Sylvatica
- The Red beech Fraxinus ferruginea
- The European beech Fraxinus sylvatica
- THE HORNBEAM Carpinus Americana and IRONWOOD Ostrya Virginica
- Poplar trees Salicaceae
- Character of poplar trees
- Poplar trees in landscape gardening
- Criticism of poplar trees
- Balsam poplar Populus balsamifera
- White poplar, or Abele tree Populus alba
- The English aspen Populustremula
- Lombardy poplar Populusdilatata
- Wood of the American Black Birch
- Ornamental quality of birch trees
- American birch trees
- Groups of birch trees
- Soil conditions for birch trees
- The White birch Betulus populifolia
- Black or Sweet birch. Betulus lenta.
- Yellow birch Betulus lutea
- Red birch Betulus rubra
- European White birch. Betulus alba.
- Alder trees Betulaceae
- Beauty of alder trees
- Maple trees Aceraceae
- Visual character of maple trees
- Maples as specimens and in groups
- Maple avenues
- Sugar maple Acer saccharinum
- Scarlet-flowering maple Abies rubrum
- White or Silver-leaved maple. Abies eriocarpum.
- Moose wood, or Striped maple Abies striatum
- Norway maple Abies platanoides
- Locust tree Leguminosae
- Visual character of locust tree
- Timber wood of locust tree
- Soil conditions for locust tree
- Yellow locust Robinia pseud-acacia and Honey locust Robinia viscosa
- Three-thorned locust Acacia
- Shape of Acacia locust trees
- Three thorned Acacia hedges
- Edible sweet chestnut trees Castanea sativa
- Castanea sativa timber
- Soil conditions for Sweet Chestnut
- Visual character of Sweet Chestnut
- Sweet chestnut Castanea vesca
- Chinquapin, or Dwarf chestnut Castaneapumila
- Soil conditions for Sweet Chestnut
- Osage orange Urticaceae
- Wood of Osage orange
- Ornamental quality of Osage mock orange
- Osage orange hedging
- Soil conditions for Osage orange
- Mulberry trees Urticaceae
- Black mulberry Morus nigra
- White mulberry Morus alba
- Paper Mulberry
- Ornamental value of the Paper mulberry
- Sweet Gum trees Platanaceae
- Sweetgum
- Beauty of Liquidambar
- Bark of Liquidambar
- Walnut trees Juglandaceae
- Timber of walnut trees
- Ornamental value of walnut trees
- European walnut J. regia
- Nuts of walnut trees
- Gilpin on the ornamental value of walnut trees
- Butternut Juglans cathartica
- Hickory trees Juglandaceae
- Value of hickory trees
- Ornamental hickory trees
- Shellbark hichory Castaneaalba
- Pecan-nut Pacainer Castaneaolivﾜformis
- Pignut hickory Castaneaporcina
- Bitternut hickory C amara
- Mountain ash trees Rosaceae
- Character of mountain ash roan tree
- European Mountain ash
- American Mountain ash Pyrus Americana
- Sorb or Service tree Pyrus Sorbus
- White Beam Pyrus Aria
- Ailanthus trees Xanthoxylaceae - Ailanto
- Celestial tree in New York and Philadelphia
- Visual character of Ailanthus trees
- Kentucky Coffee trees Leguminosae
- Beauty of Kentucky Coffee tree
- Uses of Kentucky Coffee tree
- Kentucky Coffee tree in gardens
- Willow trees Salicaceae
- Visual character of willow trees
- Value of willow trees in landscape gardening
- Weeping willow trees in Babylon
- Willow trees in cemeteries
- Willow trees as a symbol of grief
- Weeping willow in landscape gardening
- Weeping willows and architecture
- Ringlet willow in gardens
- Uses of willow trees
- Willow basket manufacture
- European Basket willow
- Sassafras trees Lauraceae
- Visual character of Sassafras
- Catawba trees Bignoniaceae
- Visual character of Caltapa trees
- Uses of Catalpa trees
- Persimon trees Enenaceae
- Fruit of Persimon
- Visual character of Persimon tree
- Peperidge, Tupelo, Sourgum trees Santalaceae
- Visual character of Peperidge tree
- Black gum Nyassa Sylvatica
- Black gum timber
- Name of Black gum tree
- Hawthorn trees Rosacae
- Scarlet Thorn tree Castaneacoccinea, Washington Thorn Castaneapopulifolia, Cockspur Thorn Castanea crus-galli
- Associations of English Hawthorn tree
- Berries, or haws, of hawthorn tree
- Visual character of hawthorns
- Large Evergreen Magnolia Magnolia grandiflora
- Cucumber Magnolia Castanea acuminata
- Umbrella Magnolia Magnolia tripetala
- Large-leaved Magnolia Magnolia macrophylla
- Heart-leaved Magnolia Magnolia cordata
- Magnolia auriculata
- Chinese Magnolia trees
- Soil conditions for Magnolia trees
- Beauty of Magnolia trees
- Tulip trees Magnoliace�
- Foliage of Magnolia trees
- Soil conditions for Tulip trees
- Timber of Tulip tree
- Transplanting Tulip trees
- Dogwood trees Conraceae
- Visual character of Dogwood
- Foliate of Dogwood tree
- Timber of Dogwood tree
- European dogwood Cornus mascula
- Ginkgo Salisburia trees Taxaceae
- Introduction of Salisburia Ginko to America
- Visual character of Salisburia Ginko tree
- Ginko as a botanical curiosity
- Salisburia adiantifolia Ginko
- Cypress trees Coniferae
- Southern or Deciduous cypress Taxodium distichum
- Foliage of cypress trees
- Cypress blooms in Carolina
- Soil conditions for Cypress
- Foliage of the Cypress tree
- Cypress planted with hemlock and firs
- Uses of cypress timber
- European Cypress Cupressus sempervirens
- Larch trees Coniferae
- Visual character of larch trees
- Use of larch trees in Scotland
- Duke of Athol larch plantations
- Larch plantations at Blair and Dunkeld
- Durability of larch timber
- Red Larch Larix Microcarpa and Black Larch Larix pendula in America
- Use of American Larches
- Virgilia trees Leguminace�
- Visual character of Virgilia trees
- Yellow-wood Virgilia
- Radid growth of Virgilia
- Virgilia lutea
- Paulownia trees Scrophulariace�
- Visual character of Paulownia trees
- Growth rate of Paulownia trees
- Propagation of Paulownia trees
