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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: IV. THE HORSE CHESTNUTS AND MAPLES. The line drawn on the maps between Essex County and the region to the south of it is almost as distinctly drawn between the floras of these regions. The influence of the Gulf Stream renders the climate of southern New England warmer while that of the Labrador current renders our climate cooler. Our fauna and flora are thus more closely related to those of more northern regions, and we are prevented from cultivating with success many plants which are perfectly hardy as far north as Providence, R. I., and some even which succeed well enough at Brookline, near Boston. The paulownia is one such, a showy tree resembling a catalpa. The beautiful varieties of Japanese retinos- poras and maples (Acer polymorphum) come under this head, although in certain soils and situations they can occasionally be made to flourish, notably in Mr. Geo. Chase's garden, on Lafayette street, where there are fine examples of both maples and retinosporas, and just over the fence at the corner of Flint and Warren streets, Judge Brigham has a fine specimen of one of the red cut leaved forms of the Japanese maple. One of the most conspicuous illustrations of these forbidden trees is the holly (Ilex opaca). Abundant on the South Shore, it seems impossible to cultivate it here even with the greatest care. We have, however, three native shrubby hollies, one of which, under the nameof black alder, (Ilex verticillata) is a favorite winter decoration, the scarlet berries remaining on the stems after the leaves fall. Another, growing in swamps, (Ilex Isevigata), bears the same beautiful berries, while the leaves turn bright yellow in October. The first is common along the roadsides, but the latter is rather inaccessible in such places as at Cedar Pond, Lynn, and by other swa...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217027311 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217027318 |
| Weight | 0.33 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.23 In |
| List Price | $14.14 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 94 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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