Dee a group vigeldomibr tree "this morning: "Was tree town chic for ie handsome eaves andthe lovely into they" assume inthe 'Autumn, ant seldom its "down, "We picked Ave. of the three-lobed maplestite eaves Trott out tree: they were all ined aiterentyy one was Slight green, another' greyebrouay Tonal dae' a tear perfect. bea Sei Sd roe, "Wien the "right spar thes family saw the Heaven, wer were sake eof those "questions parent often pectend 40 hen we were ated Now I who. poe tite ror the five aiterent Tones to grove ce, fe could any reply that nal war sronderfl and more min Sul not be expected to'inow her-scerste "he tive" we picked tht leaves rom wae Ligullomber: Femnpeany ienerie name being" derived" from the alin Eines Can) and te Arsbic amber Camber) Invattusion to the fragrant joe which ones from one' of the species, ky Stryetfua war, hot yo" wary. long. ago, the sly pects. ct: led tony extent and. from that' tree a
from obtained. "From another pect. ald wid inthe preparation chewing Horan that vaniigscone! ble, i gbtabed tr Chinese species i of comparsiively een! Introduction and it is said' tha, i wood Used for the manufacture of ton chaste because ICT of ite tue for anything elses "That may be tee: bat, we Hike the tice for ts ned Toiage ind there are few' these hal can equal win this respect. Ie is perhaps nots tung rome of the maple othe "winged Bungo must bat He elle than Yeon Fe'worthy of being' beter Dec, &—One of the most interesting points about local gardens is the touch of individuality to be seen' in many of them. Some owners prefer evergreens to decidatis trees, others have a "weakness" for flowering shrubs: some prefer a garden of annual to any" other, while many have their own special. favourites. and these predominate in the garden. There is place on the Hungjao Road extension that. we have named the "maple garden." Perhaps the "Autumn foliage" arden would be amore appropriate name for it, Construcliveness Is opposed to destructiveness and a good example of the two can be seen within a short distance fof each other. Houses in ruins of the south, side of the road remind us of the devastation of war, while a little further west Is small but picturesque bamboo grove. On the other side of the road is a garden entrance with Jodge complete, in the good ola English. style, This is the place we have named the. "maple harden:" an example of constrictiveness, There are dozony of maples all over the place and a Week ago, the effect was simply gorgeous: here are st many trees covered with leaves all shades of red. There are also. many varieties of imported berberly and, not so Toni Ago, the west side of the driveway appeared 10 bbe on fire; s0 highly coloured were the Teaves fof the Euonymous shrubs. We observed a holly literally covered with berries and it-ave much pleasure. to see @ group of the golden rain" tree (Koelrenteria panteutata)—beariny masses of conspicuous blander-like seed. pode We did not see a specimen of this favourite tree of ours in flower this year, and we thought the dry weather had been too much for the this "year and, from the number of seed pods fo be soon ai prevent, the trees must have Deen a fine sight In September—wasak, Where are the That from the stately. mount Looked ance upon and: of Dee, 10.—The celebrated forest of Lebanon said to have never recovered from the army of "hewers that Solomon employed on. the erection of his palace and temple. The bitter taste of the wood, tat preserves it from the ravages of insects, ix probably the reason why. the tree was. tied in the construction oF Solomon's palace and the temple of Apollo at Utiea. Wood from the latter" place was found fo be in a excellent state after a Inpae of two thousand years We read that Apollo. was tone of the rear divinities of the ancient Greeks and that the Romans became acquainted with him from them, 'There are many refer-fences to cedars in" Scripture: the spiritual ly of the righteous being compared to wih of the color in. Psalms XCILI2, fu Isaiah XLL19, we read that' the Lord planted a cedar tree in. the wilderness. We were reminded. of the historic and religious associations of the cedar today, when we were Watching several ladies arranging Christmas decorations on a specimen in the green room at the Race Club, ready for the War Fund Bazaar tomorrow: hard work and ditty hands not seem to worry them at all, The true cedar of Lebanon (Cedrus "Libani) isnot sullcionty hardy fo thrive in Shanghai, but we have the Deodar and. varieties of the Atlas. The Atlus cedar ig the hardiest of the lot, Dut its branches are not quite, so. pendulous ay the Deodar and it is perhaps for this reason that the latter is the general favourite, AIL cedars are majestic trees and they undoubtedly: are the finest that we can use for lawn planting, if we can provide them with sufficient Space for development and if, we can Kea their roots above water level—Ww.J.
Queer Things These Eyes "Tue heroine of this story must have had queer, eyes, the things she" did with them," Femarked the reader we his wife. "First of all she threw her eyes up to: the ceiling. 'Then she Jet them drop on the floor. After that she darted them down out of a window and rested them on the cool waters of a lake. Soon she must have got them back again, for when we next hear of her she was bailiing them in Sad, salt' tears, wiping them, and. sweeping them with long" lashes. Once she actually riveted them on the dome; and when left off she was just ting them' to an overmantel."
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