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Excerpt from Ornamental and Timber Trees: Not Natives of the Province of Quebec
Captain Raynes, of Montreal, has trees of it about' 2 5 ft. In height, which are quite hardy, and with me, during the last three years, it has not shown the slightest sign of tenderness. It is a tree found in high latitudes in Europe. It grows wild about St. Petersburg, where, under garden culture, it has attained a height of, at any rate, 67 ft. Var. Laciniata. Cut-[caved alder.-this is really a strikingly pretty tree, a native of northern France, where it is said to be quite common, especially in Normandy. It seems of slightly slower growth than the above, and I had supposed it would not become so large a tree The largest I had seen was but 25 feet, but I see that it is stated in Europe to have measured 63 ft. It is a tree of far more grace and beauty than one would expect in an alder, and has shown no lack of hardiness with me during the last three winters. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
