%0 Article
%T Notes on ornamental trees and shrubs at the Department of horticulture (Piikkiö, Finland)
%A Meurman, O.
%D 1963
%J Acta Forestalia Fennica
%V 76
%N 3
%R doi:10.14214/aff.7143
%U https://silvafennica.fi/article/7143
%X <p>Trees and shrubs of foreign origin have been grown in Finland at least from the 1700th century. At the State Horticultural Institute in the neighbourhood of the town Turku in southwestern coast of the country, a number of ornamental trees and shrubs have been planted since 1927. During the first decade, weather conditions were quite favourable, but the winters in 1939–1940 were so severe, that only the hardiest plants survived.</p>
<p>It would be important to study hardiness and suitability of the various woody plants cultivated in the different parts of the country. This paper includes notes of the survival of the tree species and shrubs so far planted at the Institute.</p>
<p>The PDF includes a summary in English.</p>