The art of beautifying suburban home grounds of small extentWith descriptions of the beautiful and hardy trees and shrubs grown in the United States . ing more or less serrate,but not lobed. The thorns are single, long,and very sharp. At maturity the branches,which are numerous, have a horizontaldirection, and the lights and shadows arein thin, sharply defined, and generally level lines like those of thebeech tree. We have seen wild groves of these thorns, in westernopenings, which by the aid of sheep had become exquisite bits ofpark scenery. The sheep had fed on their sweet leaves as highas t
The art of beautifying suburban home grounds of small extentWith descriptions of the beautiful and hardy trees and shrubs grown in the United States . ing more or less serrate,but not lobed. The thorns are single, long,and very sharp. At maturity the branches,which are numerous, have a horizontaldirection, and the lights and shadows arein thin, sharply defined, and generally level lines like those of thebeech tree. We have seen wild groves of these thorns, in westernopenings, which by the aid of sheep had become exquisite bits ofpark scenery. The sheep had fed on their sweet leaves as highas they could reach from beneath, so that the under sides of thetrees were as level as the pasture below them. Above this levelline the trees spread in stratified lines of foliage entirely in har-mony with the polished and artificial cut of their bases. Theirbroad heads, so close to the lawn, and yet with a clearly definedspace above it, make shadows of great depth, which bring thelights around them into bright relief The most peculiar varieties are the C. c. splendcns, noted for theabundance and brilliant glossiness of its leaves ; the plum-leaved. 440 DECIDUOUS TREES. Fig. 146.
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