Trees that every child should know : easy tree studies for all seasons of the year . lding straight out its plat-formed branches of red leaves, tipped with ber-ries, like rubies, set on the upturned twigs. Often the trees are stripped by birds beforethe berries are ripe. It is in woods where thetrees are numerous that we shall find the fruitreaching its perfection of ripeness and colour. Among the trees that turn to purple in theautumn we may name the white oak and theashes. Many oaks turn from green to russet,without showing any red or yellow. The lindensand the tulip trees and the beeches tu
Trees that every child should know : easy tree studies for all seasons of the year . lding straight out its plat-formed branches of red leaves, tipped with ber-ries, like rubies, set on the upturned twigs. Often the trees are stripped by birds beforethe berries are ripe. It is in woods where thetrees are numerous that we shall find the fruitreaching its perfection of ripeness and colour. Among the trees that turn to purple in theautumn we may name the white oak and theashes. Many oaks turn from green to russet,without showing any red or yellow. The lindensand the tulip trees and the beeches turn yellow;so do the poplars and willows, the hickories,and walnuts. Up and down the street you maysee the yellow crowns of the silver and the Nor-way maples, and on the lawns the white bircheshave also turned to gold. The deepest red ison the black and red oaks. The brightest redis on the scarlet oak. It is not fair to charge Jack Frost with allthe gay colours of the autumn woods. PerhapsI should say, rather, that he does not deserveall the credit people give him for painting the. The flowering dogwood covers its bare branches with blossoms in May
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