. British trees. Trees. 52 THE HOLLY TREE. The polished surtaces ot their lemes are itN mirror : thev 'flitter silver white in the sunliyht, thev reflect the hlue of summer and the trrev moods ot duller davs. Thev irrow dark and heavv under the influence ot a passing cloud, when all the svirrounding foliage seems fresher bv contrast and ot a more delicate green. It the top- most boughs become sparse and scantv under the stress of weather, there is the more opportunitv tor bright intervening patches of sky. In winter the sombre foliage ot the Htdlv plays a kindly part in filling the emptv space
. British trees. Trees. 52 THE HOLLY TREE. The polished surtaces ot their lemes are itN mirror : thev 'flitter silver white in the sunliyht, thev reflect the hlue of summer and the trrev moods ot duller davs. Thev irrow dark and heavv under the influence ot a passing cloud, when all the svirrounding foliage seems fresher bv contrast and ot a more delicate green. It the top- most boughs become sparse and scantv under the stress of weather, there is the more opportunitv tor bright intervening patches of sky. In winter the sombre foliage ot the Htdlv plays a kindly part in filling the emptv spaces between the trunks and the lou'er branches of the leafless trees ; and when the ground is covered with snow, and stem and leaf are powdered with white, nothing can dim the bravery of its scarlet berries. The " Hollen " can be trained to form a dense protecting hedge, or trimmed, like the box, into the neat conical bushes that are so characteristic a feature ot the tormal garden, or again it will make a sheltering porch tor the garden gate of the cottage. With rich and poor, the Hollv tree of song and storv finds favour 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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