. Descriptive and illustrated catalogue and manual / Royal Palm Nurseries. Nurseries (Horticulture) Florida Catalogs; Tropical plants Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Citrus fruit industry Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs. t VII. Conifers. " Ho ! ho ! till- burly pine / Hurrali .' Hurrah for the pine ! The oak may he king of the lowlands, but the pine is the king of the lulls—aye, and mountains, too. "Ho ! ho ! the burly pine ! How he strikes his clubbed foot deep into the cleft of the rock, or grasps its span with conspicuous power ! There he lifts his
. Descriptive and illustrated catalogue and manual / Royal Palm Nurseries. Nurseries (Horticulture) Florida Catalogs; Tropical plants Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Citrus fruit industry Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs. t VII. Conifers. " Ho ! ho ! till- burly pine / Hurrali .' Hurrah for the pine ! The oak may he king of the lowlands, but the pine is the king of the lulls—aye, and mountains, too. "Ho ! ho ! the burly pine ! How he strikes his clubbed foot deep into the cleft of the rock, or grasps its span with conspicuous power ! There he lifts his haughty front like tke 7var- rior tnonarch that he is. No fiinchitig about the pine, be it ever so stormy. His throne is the crag, and his crown is a good way up in the heavens ; and as for the clouds, he tears them asun- der sometimes and uses them for robes. Then hurrah again for the pine I say / * * * * "He adorns his cro-ivn with a rich wreath caught from the sunset, aud an hour after, he ivears the orbed moon as a splendid jewel upon his haughty brow. The scented breeze of the soft evening breathes upon him, and the grim warrior king wakes his viurnmring lute, and oh I such sounds—so sweet, so soothing ! Years that have passed live again in the music ; tones long since hushed echo once niore in the heart; faces that have turned to dust—but how loved in the old time ! —glimmer among the dusky boughs ; eyes that years ago closed on earth to open in heave/i smile kindly upon us. We lie down in the dark shadow upon the mossy roots and are happy—happy in a sad, sweet, tender tranquility thai purifies the soul, and while it makes us content with earth, fills zis with lo''e for ;—Alfred B. Street. ARAXTGARIA Brasilienesis. A very distinct form of the Araucaria from Brazil. Not, however, so handsome (at least when young) as most other species, still very pretty and graceful. $2 each. A. Cookii. One of the handsomest evergreen trees in existence. The br
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