The homes of America : with one hundred and three illustrations (1879)
Lamb, Martha J. (Martha Joanna), 1829-1893 · New York : D. Appleton and Company, 549 and 551 Broadway · leaf 251
lar to that experienced in a well. The bark of the tree is spongy and iibrous,and the trunk often attains fifty or sixty feet without a branch. The foliage, asseen from below, is soft like green silken fringe, and strangely beautiful anddelicate as contrasted with the tree itself. The wood is of… … At the root of the cy-press the jjaliuelto nour-ishes iu vigor, aud its deep,intensely green, spear-likefoliage adds to the varietyof the forest products. The floweringinngnoliii of these regions not infre-quently reaches an altitude of ninetyfeet. Each jiarticular bough has spe-cial…
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