Repository: UIHistories Project: Dedication - Allerton Park [PAGE 27]

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j ne wealth of evergreens all through the plantations needs explaining in this country of prairie grasses and leafy trees with few native conifers but cedars. No doubt the little extra humidity of the air and adequate protccti > from winds are resp< nsible for the I n no with evergreens whi< h i .iter than that of the upland an nearby. Here an I i be found se\ il fen: I the rbor vitae or trees I life, as well vera! specie » f pine. Spruce, anil fir. la in si/e ami well clothed. I tii flora is used with dis n, carefulh selected and boldly n (I, ,iv if ((, supj t the greatness ol th' trdens rather than to stand aa LndividuaJ d ati< Mi harm li<^ in breadth of general • ct and in bold ontra Much is a<. mplished with simplest matei u h as privet md honeysuckle vim