The art of beautifying suburban home grounds of small extentWith descriptions of the beautiful and hardy trees and shrubs grown in the United States . 426 DECIDUOUS TREES. alders, as the dimensions given rank it with the smallest class oftrees. Gilpin, whose works on landscape gardening are of high au-thority in P^ngland, considers the alder among the most pictur-esque of aquatic trees ; while Loudon, in general remarks on thisfamily, says : As an ornamental tree, much cannot be said infavor of the alder, =i-i>V.!&,. Fig. 138 THE APPLE TREE. Fvnis mains. For its beauty alone we here treat o
The art of beautifying suburban home grounds of small extentWith descriptions of the beautiful and hardy trees and shrubs grown in the United States . 426 DECIDUOUS TREES. alders, as the dimensions given rank it with the smallest class oftrees. Gilpin, whose works on landscape gardening are of high au-thority in P^ngland, considers the alder among the most pictur-esque of aquatic trees ; while Loudon, in general remarks on thisfamily, says : As an ornamental tree, much cannot be said infavor of the alder, =i-i>V.!&,. Fig. 138 THE APPLE TREE. Fvnis mains. For its beauty alone we here treat of theapple tree—one of those admirable families oftrees whose members are not less beautifulbecause they feed our stomachs as well as pleasethe eye. We are apt to forget how often Nature bounteouslycovers with beauty the productions which minister most to ournecessities. The bread-fruit, the palm, the banana, and the cocoaof the tropics, all bear witness to the unity of the greatest beautyand the greatest utility; while the nut-trees, and the fruit-trees ofthe north, with their fine foliage, fragrant blossoms, and savoryfruit, teach the same lesson in our temperate zone. We have seenthe Magnolia soulangcana, with its immense blossoms, and thefinest horse-chestnuts, like bountiful mountains of bouquets, bloom-ing at the same time, and near old apple trees ; and gazing on alltheir florescent splendor, have doubted which. If all of them wereequally novelties, would be awarded the palm for the greatest beautyof bl
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