Trees that every child should know : easy tree studies for all seasons of the year . are full grown, and they waittill winter is past. They dare not risk a frost. Among pussy willow trees there is a differencein the catkins. On one tree they turn yellowwhen mature; the golden pollen dust rises in acloud when the twig is disturbed. These catkinssoon fall off. On other trees the catkins are greenish, andthey stay on after reaching full size. They arethe fertile flowers, which develop into seed brought to them by the wind or by visitinginsects in search of nectar, insures the setting
Trees that every child should know : easy tree studies for all seasons of the year . are full grown, and they waittill winter is past. They dare not risk a frost. Among pussy willow trees there is a differencein the catkins. On one tree they turn yellowwhen mature; the golden pollen dust rises in acloud when the twig is disturbed. These catkinssoon fall off. On other trees the catkins are greenish, andthey stay on after reaching full size. They arethe fertile flowers, which develop into seed brought to them by the wind or by visitinginsects in search of nectar, insures the setting ofseed in these flowers. Though the gayer flowersfall, they are quite as necessary to the makingof seeds as the fertile ones. In all the willowsand poplars, it requires two trees, bearing thetwo kind of flowers, to make the seed. Andthe wind and nectar-seeking insects are necessaryas pollen-carriers. In marshy land, or by a brook or river, oreven just outside the window at home, there isa tree that turns rosy in March with a multitudeof small red flowers clustered on the sides of. The winter flower buds, the blossoms, the full-grown winged seeds,and the ribbed leaf of our American elm V- : ^Jk, ~^|f * > h ynBr ? j *w$W$tok MSSwbfw- 1 Wv3P 3^R* pp$&VJK%l2 ^Swas^? ^^ SK/^Kj \I Sb^jS^a rS 2§b>X & ^iHK-aB^Ki^^^^ ;3~***^B^^^. i—*^v jFr«?^3^^^»^\., -^i=?^^S§PW?^»--^ lC^^^x-^^^f^^^*^-^mS^^^t ^^^^^^SmS^-^ Iri^nJ • JjK^SaSOc ?^qSwyi ^V ?^y^Lvr^l Hi *i=af^T^ »NKS .jft/gliBfe^^^^fa^^ M^/^- ^-?15hbH| vtMiiKfi jBfci^y^2dP^/fMWBMiy^5wBMy^ fX Cvwiyll HBhV|DK^(/ .. > fcr, ? PEajAuHypr . 2j3 qi2UjHj*J«-;--;. %J mj^iySgy \-< w^^ WiM!;^^^ M:^&-?^- \\\ Jv^V Wfi&f^j s EHST/^ ^ J&EwlEiGisS-^ ?j^B sfeaJBgO^^*-^ ^W^W^^^ ^1 x^8/J^^^^a*si-- Wm WwMfPW ^™T *^^^^^^^r - ~ ~^^^» §§Bmgu#fft,0^-- - BBC??* SBmBP^*^ 9& O^^^^^ ^ m 1 fcm |^H ^ap * J— 1 r The maiestic, fan-shaped elm blossoms while snow is s
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