. Getting acquainted with the trees . Trees. NUT-BEARING TREES yielded their leaves to the frost, the beech keeps its clothing, turning from the clear yellow of fall to light- est fawn, and hanging out in the forest a sign of whiteness that is cheering in the winter and earliest spring. These bleached- out leaves will often re- main until fairly pushed ofif by the opening buds of another year. Of the hazelnut or fil- bert, I know nothing from the tree side, but I cannot avoid mentioning another botanically unrelated so- called hazel — the witch- hazel. This small tree is known to most of us on
. Getting acquainted with the trees . Trees. NUT-BEARING TREES yielded their leaves to the frost, the beech keeps its clothing, turning from the clear yellow of fall to light- est fawn, and hanging out in the forest a sign of whiteness that is cheering in the winter and earliest spring. These bleached- out leaves will often re- main until fairly pushed ofif by the opening buds of another year. Of the hazelnut or fil- bert, I know nothing from the tree side, but I cannot avoid mentioning another botanically unrelated so- called hazel — the witch- hazel. This small tree is known to most of us only as giving name to a cer- tain soothing extract. It is worthy of more atten- tion, for its curious and i8i. The witch-hazel. 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 McFarland, J. Horace (John Horace), 1859-1948. New York : The Outlook Co.
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