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^ERICA has much that is unique 



in 



plant *and>Ktree growth, as one learns 



.-„iw 5i j^v^^^'S^^'" first the collections of Amer- 

 ican j9lantH||hown with pride by acute garden- 

 ers and'j'estaT^ owners in England and on the 

 EurjQpeW Continent. Many a citizen of our 

 CJoaJTOU|i must needs confess with some shame 

 th^ I^Bi., first estimation of the singular beauty 

 of ^€ American laurel has been born in 

 England, where the imported plants are care- 

 fully nurtured ; ka^^^c European to whom the 

 rhododendro/is^«f M* "own country and of the 

 Himalaya^ i|[S& familiar .is ready to exclaim in 

 rapture at" the su^i^^Kfifect and tropical rich- 

 ness of our American^ species, far more lusty 

 and more ftuly beautiful here than the intro- 

 ductions wJji^ch must be heavily paid for and 



constantly Cljddled. 

 % 

 For no trees, however, may Americans feel 



more pride i%^ for our American elms and 



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