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most cases, and in some cases quite, rectangular. 

 Being abundant and parting from the branches 

 on the same principle, the twigs and spray form 

 a complete canopy of interlacement, and when the 

 tree is looked up into from underneath, a very 

 elegant appearance is produced, which has a 

 beautiful effect. The bark on the trunk, even of 

 large Cherry Trees, is smooth, except in places 

 where it has peeled off, though by a curious 

 arrangement the splitting of the bark takes place 

 not longitudinally but horizontally, and looks at a 

 distance like a number of rings investing the trunk. 

 The roots near the trunk often, for a distance 

 of several feet, rise above the ground, and thus 

 serve to increase the especial picturesqueness of 

 this tree. Sometimes the trunk, as in the speci- 

 men facing page 112, parts in two at a very 

 acute angle, arid each fork rises so erect each 

 giving off branches from time to time from the 

 point of division as not, in the smallest degree, to 

 detract from the very symmetrical appearance of 

 the tree. 



Kuggedness and picturesqueness are the cha- 

 racteristics of a well-grown Acacia. The bole, 



