INTRODUCTION. 



TREES are essential to an American home. 

 The frame &quot;building, the first pointer to the 

 young mechcinic in his arduous path towards 

 an honorable independence, is imperfect with 

 out the idea of shade trees surrounding it. 

 And when, as he proceeds onwards, pros 

 perity and plenty, smiling on his genius and 

 on his talents, suggest the idea of a suburban 

 residence, he dwells with pleasure on the 

 vast variety of ornamental flowering trees, 

 producing each month a succession of beauti 

 ful novelties, clothed with an endless variety of 

 ever-changing foliage, administering equally 

 shade and shelter for the body with food and 

 enjoyment for the mind, which are pictured 

 with it. Perhaps fortune has chosen him 

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