Polished Mahogany: LARGE TREES such as oak (Quercus), lime (Tilia), poplar (Populus), beech (Fagus), willow (Salix), cedar (Cedrus), and pine (Pinus) are only suitable for large gardens, but there are sometimes dwarf, upright-stemmed or fastigiate forms of large trees that can be planted in quite small backyards. Some trees have bright and colorful bark and are particularly spectacular in winter, when there is little else of interest in the garden. Acer griseum (paperback maple)has polished, orange-brown peeling bark, while Betula papyrifem (paper-bark birch)has smooth, silver-white, brown-banded bark. Prunus serrula (Tibetan cherry)has smooth bark the color of polished mahogany, with peeling rings running around it and Rubus cockburnianus (whitewashed bramble)has whitish-purple arching stems.
Faceting - first started by Indian cutters polishing small facets on diamonds - soon became applied to other stones. Thus evolved the brilliant, step and mixed cuts, which depend on various facets being ground and polished in symmetrical arrangements on the stones. The facets on a diamond are cut and polished in one operation but other pre¬cious stones have their facets first ground and then subsequently highly polished.See Also Mahogany Colored:Rough field classifications employ two princi¬ples, color index and grain size. The color index is the proportion of dark-colored, or femic, min¬erals (olivines, pyroxenes, amphiboles, biotite, iron ores) to light-colored, or salic, minerals (quartz, feldspars, muscovite). Rocks are light-colored, or leucocratic, if the color index is less than 10, mesocratic if it is between 10 and 50, and dark-colored, or melanocratic, if it is more than 50.
To add to winter color, there is a great variety of textures and colors to choose from including: the glossy spiny leaves of holly, the soft gold of some variegated yews, or the blue of spruce needles. The interest supplied by colored bark is also invaluable. Stooled dogwoods offer scarlet, purple and yellow bark; while that of willows is orange, gray or glossy brown. Some species of birch have brilliant white or coppery-pink bark and there are cherries with the glorious, dramatic bark of purest polished Mahogany colored.
In winter a garden falls back on its structure to make itself interesting, and it is then that the most benefit is gained from light and shade and the clarity of the design. With careful plant choice, your garden can continue to be clothed in winter—in fact, a really well-designed and thought-out garden will look just as good, though in a different way, as in summer.
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