OR, PLAIN TEACHING. 



or the aged veteran, broken and 

 bent by the storm ; whether we 

 look upon the poplar, stretching 

 its tall ambitious form directly 

 upward to the skies, or the 

 willow, bending as in sorrow over 

 the grave — there is beauty in 



should be made acquainted. The ! 

 head, or foliage of a tree is 

 called its corona; and there are 

 the round-headed, 1, such as the 

 oak, ash, elm, beech, chestnut, &e. 

 The spiry -topped or conical, 2 and 

 3, such as the spruce fir, silver 



Shrubs, round-headed, 6. Twin- 

 ing shrubs, 7, such as the honey- 

 suckle; and climbing shrubs, as 

 the clematis, vine, &c. Trailing 

 shrubs, 8, the branches of which 

 lie prostrate on the ground, but 

 do not root in it, such as many 

 species of willow, &c, and creep- 

 ing sh?wbs, 9, or such as send up 



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every aspect of a tree ; and 

 impressive lessons for the heart 

 are to be found in all that the 

 history of a tree reveals. 



Various kinds of trees and 

 shrubs present characteristic 

 forms, with which the reader 



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\fir, larch, deciduous cypress, pyra- 

 midal oak, &c. Fastigiate trees, 4 

 (tapering like a pyramid), such 

 as the Lombardy poplar, ever- 

 green cypress, pyramidal oak, &c. 

 Drooping trees, 5, such as the 

 weeping willow, weeping elm, &c 



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shoots from their creeping roots. 

 All these are either deciduous 

 (throwing off their leaves in 

 autumn) ; or evergreen, those that 

 shed their old leaves after the 

 new ones have been put forth, 

 so that they always present a 

 green appearance. 



In noticing the beauties and 



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