. British trees. Trees. THE HOLLY AVHEX FOURTEEN INXHES IN HEIGHT. THE HOLLY TREE. CxEXERAL X old Hollv might well be supposed to play the wizard's fi^T^ F^^'*- ^^ ^^^'^ enchantment of the woodlands. Its trunk crouches above the ground, and trom it rise the stems in grotesque curves and twists, now closely intertwined, now reaching out hither and thither, halt concealed by a dark canopy ot overhanging toliage. Festoons ot honeysuckle are \yreathed about them : o\er the trunk lichens creep, ^yhile velvet green mosses and tiny ferns till in the hollo\^â s. The ground beneath is hoarv
. British trees. Trees. THE HOLLY AVHEX FOURTEEN INXHES IN HEIGHT. THE HOLLY TREE. CxEXERAL X old Hollv might well be supposed to play the wizard's fi^T^ F^^'*- ^^ ^^^'^ enchantment of the woodlands. Its trunk crouches above the ground, and trom it rise the stems in grotesque curves and twists, now closely intertwined, now reaching out hither and thither, halt concealed by a dark canopy ot overhanging toliage. Festoons ot honeysuckle are \yreathed about them : o\er the trunk lichens creep, ^yhile velvet green mosses and tiny ferns till in the hollo\^â s. The ground beneath is hoarv with the tallen leaves of many bygone seasons. As you lock past the veteran at your side there are more trees, one beyond the other in long vistas : thev are magicians all, and in league with the Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Cole, Rex Vicat, b. 1870; Kempe, Dorothy. London : Hutchinson
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