Trees, Shrubs and Vines 



The fourth section of deciduous growth contains the 



SEED-FRUITED AMENTACEOUS TREES 



Shining Willow White Birch 



White Willow Yellow Birch 



Long-leaved Willow Red Birch 



Peach Willow Common Aspen 



Purple Willow Large-toothed Aspen 



Glaucous Willow Lombardy Poplar 



Heart-leaved Willow Balsam Poplar 



Black Willow Downy Poplar 



Brittle Willow Balm of Gilead 



Osier Willow Cottonwood 



Weeping Willow Angled Cottonwood 



Scythe-leaved Willow Hornbeam 



Bebb Willow Hop Hornbeam 



Sweet Birch Sea-side Alder 

 Paper Birch 



Evergreens, comprising about one-tenth of all our 

 species, are in some respects the most characteristic and 

 effective of all arboreal growth. Of formal aspect and 

 imperturbable temperament, they may be less responsive 

 to our own natures than the livelier and changeable 

 deciduous trees, but their unique figure and dark, mas- 

 sive foliage are the finest possible foil for all other vege- 

 tation. Summer and winter they ever stand like cooling 

 shadows in the landscape. Pines allure the sighing 

 breeze, and fill the air with pleasing melancholy ; 

 spruce and fir are cold and statuesque, responsive only 

 to snowdrifts; red cedar and arborvitae in artificial 

 culture are as immobile and passionless as mummies, 

 whereas in nature's hands, who makes the most of every- 

 thing, they often beautify a scene remarkably. The 



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