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Excerpt from Shade Trees, Indigenous Shrubs and Vines: Revised and Improved A little time devoted by every family to the cul ture of shade trees and ornamental shrubbery would add much to the healthfulness and beauty of our city, and would have a refining and elevating inuence upon its people. A tastefully arranged and nicely kept yard invites every passer-by to a higher and better life, and is a joy to the family forever. The growing children drink in its beauty. And make it a part of themselves as surely and naturally as they breathe their native air. Coarse, unlovely children, brought up in the midst of lovely surroundings, are impossible things. 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.