Without any apparent exigency of climate or soil, it remains near the ground, throwing out crooked, divergent branches like an orchard apple-tree, and seldom pushes a single shoot higher than fifteen or twenty feet above the ground.

没有任何明显的气候或土壤的紧急情况，它保持在地面附近，像果园里的苹果树一样伸出弯曲、发散的树枝，很少将一根新芽推到离地面 15 或 20 英尺的高度。