. In God's out-of-doors. Natural history. where the jjentle birds may dweU in quiet, far from enemies In the winter season, however, nothing can be less propiiiating The thorn-spines jag out in clusters on every angry bole and branch. But as 1 have said, next to the locust is the shell-bark hickory Sum- mer or winter it curls up Its lips like a bull-cur. As a child 1 used to be insulted by them, though like crusty people I have known, they would snar! at you and make you merry at the same minute; for when fall frosts whiten the house-tops a little, I was wont to go to the woods of the Marais D
. In God's out-of-doors. Natural history. where the jjentle birds may dweU in quiet, far from enemies In the winter season, however, nothing can be less propiiiating The thorn-spines jag out in clusters on every angry bole and branch. But as 1 have said, next to the locust is the shell-bark hickory Sum- mer or winter it curls up Its lips like a bull-cur. As a child 1 used to be insulted by them, though like crusty people I have known, they would snar! at you and make you merry at the same minute; for when fall frosts whiten the house-tops a little, I was wont to go to the woods of the Marais Des Cygnes and find a hail of hickory nuts slanting to earth; and 1 would make merry beneath the branches, getting oftentimes a sound rap on the head by a friendly nut on its way to the autumn leaves lying thick upon the ground. But surly the shell-bark hickory is. Great flakes of its bark curling inevitably from the trunk, as you have seen old shingles curl from an ancient roof, dyed black as darkness in long years of rain and drench of summer sun. Surly the shell-barks are, but beautiful. I have loved to love them more than 1 will here set down, lest some who read should think me foolish; i pass no one of them in my wanderings without stopping to watch its ill-fit of garments and truculence of demejnor. A - baby shell-bark is. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Quayle, William A. (William Alfred), 1860-1925. Cincinnati, Jennings & Pye; New York, Eaton & Mains
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