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Book: A treatise on the theory and practice of landscape gardening, adapted to North America,1841
Chapter: Section V. Evergreen Ornamental

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The History and Description of all the finest Hardy Evergreen Trees. REMARKS on THEIR EFFECTS in LANDSCAPE GARDENING, INDIVIDUALLY AND IN COMPOSITION. Their Cultivation, etc. The Pines. The Firs. The Cedar of Lebanon, and the Deodar Cedar. The Red Cedar. The Arbor Vit�. The Holly. The Yew, etc. Beneath the forest's skirt I rest, Whose branching Pines rise dark and high, And hear the breezes of the West Among the threaded foliage sigh. BRYANT.