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A1ERICA has much that is unique in 

 plant and tree growth, as one learns 

 who sees first the collections of Amer- 

 ican plants shown with pride by acute garden- 

 ers and estate owners in England and on the 

 European Continent. Many a citizen of our 

 country must needs confess with some shame 

 that his first estimation of the singular beauty 

 of the American laurel has been born in 

 England, where the imported plants are care- 

 fully nurtured ; and the European to whom the 

 rhododendrons of his own country and of the 

 Himalayas are familiar is ready to exclaim in 

 rapture at the superb effect and tropical rich- 

 ness of our American species, far more lusty 

 and more truly beautiful here than the intro- 

 ductions which must be heavily paid for and 

 constantly coddled. 



For no trees, however, may Americans feel 

 more pride than for our American elms and 



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