Trees that every child should know : easy tree studies for all seasons of the year . n,and the rain all working with you to help youwin. Meanwhile, the wild apple, though worthless asa fruit tree, is well worth knowing. No well-fed orchard tree has charm to compare with thiswild thing when spring transforms its ugly,thorny twigs. The rosy blossoms of the wild crab apple comeout of a multitude of coral-red buds which openjust after the leaves. The gnarled limbs arebare and ugly, until late in May. Then thesilvery, velvet leaves unfold, scarcely green atfirst, because each one wears so thick a g
Trees that every child should know : easy tree studies for all seasons of the year . n,and the rain all working with you to help youwin. Meanwhile, the wild apple, though worthless asa fruit tree, is well worth knowing. No well-fed orchard tree has charm to compare with thiswild thing when spring transforms its ugly,thorny twigs. The rosy blossoms of the wild crab apple comeout of a multitude of coral-red buds which openjust after the leaves. The gnarled limbs arebare and ugly, until late in May. Then thesilvery, velvet leaves unfold, scarcely green atfirst, because each one wears so thick a garmentof soft, white hairs. Before the leaves have lostthis velvet coat, the flower buds begin to glow,and the tree top is soon blushing with the blos-soms, and the air is full of their spicy fragrance. Their charm is the charm of the wild arrangement on the gnarled twigs is irreg-ular. The artist loves the unstudied grace of great botanist, Linnaeus, probably saw onlypressed specimens, but he named the tree coro-naria, which means, fit for crowns and
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