Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · New York : Scribner · leaf 19
that weare indebted fornearly all the coolshade in our swel-tering cities; infact, these treesmust bepossessedof unusual vital-ity, because, al-though of deli-cate and refinedfoliagCjtheyseembetter able tostand the smokeand gases oflarge cities thanany other group,with a few ex- Fir,. JI-, ^M^^,,… … These indentations extend almost to the stemof the leaf, cutting it into five or seven distinctfingers, which in some cases are so slender asto give it the appearance of a feather ratherthan a leaf. Prospect Park, Brooklyn, has aparticularly large and fine collection of thesetiny trees or shrubs.…
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