On the laying out, planting, and managing of cemeteries; and on the improvement of churchyards. With sixty engravings / by J. C. Loudon.

John Claudius Loudon

Date:: 1843

Credit: On the laying out, planting, and managing of cemeteries; and on the improvement of churchyards. With sixty engravings / by J. C. Loudon. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Library & Archives Service. The original may be consulted at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Library & Archives Service.

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$DECIDUOUS TREES. Deciduous Needle-leaved Trees of fasiigiate Shapes^ ivhich viay be used in CiLurchyards. iarix americana E. of T. p. 1056. A. B. p. 2399., the American Larch. Height 80—100 ft. \s. iarix europaj'a coramimis E. of T. p. 1054-. A. JB. p. 2350., the common Larch. Height 80—100 ft. 6d. Tax6dium distichum E. of T. p. 1078. A. B. p. 2481., the deciduous Cypress. Height 50—80 ft. 2s. 6d. * With pendulous Branches. Larix europffi a pendula E. of T. p; 1054. A. B. p. 2350., the weeping Larch. Is. Gd. Taxodium distichum pendulum E. of T. p. 1078. A. B. p. 2481., the weeping deciduous Cypress. 5s. Deciduous broad-leaved Trees of fasiigiate Forms and small Size. Ameldnchier florida E. of T. p. 4-14. A. B. p. 876., the flowery Amelanchier. Height 10—20 ft. 2s. 6d. Ameldnchier sanguinea E. of T. p. 413. A. B. p. 875., the blood-coloured Amelanchier. Height 10—20 ft. 2s. 6d. Cotoneaster acuminata E. of T. p. 409. A. B. p. 872., the acuminated- leaved Cotoneaster. Height 10—15 ft. Is. 6c?. Cratae'gus Oxyacantha stricta E. of T. p. 375. A. B. p. 832., the upright Hawthorn. 2s. Qd. Very hardy, and very suitable for a cemetery where deciduous trees are admitted. Cratae'gus tanacetifolia E. of T. p. 372. A. B. p. 828., the Tansy-leaved Thorn. Height 20—30 ft. 2s. 6rf. Gymnocladus canadensis E. of T. p. 255. A. B. p. 656., the Kentucky Coffee Tree. Height 30—60 ft. 2s. Qd. * Of larger Size. Populus balsamifera E. of T, p. 830. A. B. p. 1673., the Balsam-bearing Poplar. Height 40—50 ft. Is. Populus fastigiata E. of T. p. 827. A. B. 1660., the Lombardy Poplar. Height 50—150 ft. M. Quercus pedunculata fastigiata E. of T. p. 849. A. B. p. 1731., the py- ramidal Oak. 3s. %d. Very suitable from its decidedly fastigiate mode of growth, and narrow conical shape. The common oak, of which this is a variety, is the badge of the clan Cameron. f/'lmus montana fastigiata E. of T, p. 721. A. B. p. 1398., the fastigiate Elm. Is. 6d. Deciduous low Trees wittt round compact Heads. Accv O'palus E. of T. p. 89. A. B. p. 421., the Opal, or Italian, Maple. Height 8—12ft. Is. 6f/. >4Ver monspessulanum E. of T. p. 92. A. B. p. 427., the Montpelier Maple; Height 13—40 ft. ]s.Qd. vlVer creticum E. of T. p. 94. A. B. p. 430., the Cretan Maple. Height 10—30 ft. 2s. 6(/. Cerasus Mahdleb E. of T. p. 288. A. B. p. 707., the perfumed Cherry Tree. Height 10—20 ft. 2s. Qd. Liquidambar imberbe E. of T. p. 933. A. B. p. 2053., the beardless Liquidambar. Height 10—20 ft.$