. Eyes and no eyes. 1. ARBUTUS, OR STRAWBERRY TREE, IN FLOWER AND FRUIT 2. LIME TREE IN FLOWER. (See oagea 69 and 74.) liV THE PABK. 73 American children love, conies from the sugarysap of an American species. Another tree which you will find in the parkis the Walnut, which was brought to England bythe Romans. It is a large,spreading tree with a roughtrunk and strong, crookedbranches. Its leaves are cutlike those of the ash, > but theyare muchlarger. Theyh a V e apretty redtinge whenthey areyoung, andalways havea strongsmell whenthey arecrushed. These trees grow so quickly thatthey are twen
. Eyes and no eyes. 1. ARBUTUS, OR STRAWBERRY TREE, IN FLOWER AND FRUIT 2. LIME TREE IN FLOWER. (See oagea 69 and 74.) liV THE PABK. 73 American children love, conies from the sugarysap of an American species. Another tree which you will find in the parkis the Walnut, which was brought to England bythe Romans. It is a large,spreading tree with a roughtrunk and strong, crookedbranches. Its leaves are cutlike those of the ash, > but theyare muchlarger. Theyh a V e apretty redtinge whenthey areyoung, andalways havea strongsmell whenthey arecrushed. These trees grow so quickly thatthey are twenty feet high in ten years, (^,and then begin to flower and make sycamoiu; twigfruit. They go on growing till they ^^^th ns fruitare about seventy feet high. Youcan see the long catkins hanging from the tree inApril just as the leaves are opening. The stamencatkins are at the tip of last years tAvigs. Butthe little grouj) of flowers which will grow into. I 74 TREES AND SHRUBS. walnuts are on the new twigs, which have just comefrom buds. In autumn every boy knows thewalnut fruit shut up in the green husk, Avhichstains your fingers brown as you peel it off. Whenthe husk is off you can slip a knife between thehalves of the hard shell and split them aj)art. Indoing this you divide the two seed-leaves of theseed, which are the parts you eat; and if you lookcarefully you will see the little white bud androot, lying bet^veen them, at the pointed end of thewalnut. Walnut wood is very useful for furni-ture, for it becomes a deep brown when the treeis old, and has very beautiful veins in it. There is one more tree or shrub w^hicli growsonly in parks and shrubberies, about which I musttell you, because it is so pretty. But I am notsure you will be able to find one. It is the Arbutus,or Strawberry tree (plate, p. 71) so called because itsfruits look like strawberries. It is an evergreenshrub with green, glossy leaves shaped like a bay leafand ver
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