. Getting acquainted with the trees . Trees. GETTING AC^AINTED WITH THE TREES and the way it ends the fall. About my home, it is the first of wild woods trees to bloom, except perhaps the silver maple, which has a way of getting through with its flowers unnoticed before spring is thought of. One finds the delicate little bright yellow flowers of the spice- bush clustered thickly along the twigs long before the leaves are ready to brave the chill air. Af- ter the leaves have fallen in the autumn, these flowers stand out in a reincarnation of scarlet and spicy berries, which masquerade continual
. Getting acquainted with the trees . Trees. GETTING AC^AINTED WITH THE TREES and the way it ends the fall. About my home, it is the first of wild woods trees to bloom, except perhaps the silver maple, which has a way of getting through with its flowers unnoticed before spring is thought of. One finds the delicate little bright yellow flowers of the spice- bush clustered thickly along the twigs long before the leaves are ready to brave the chill air. Af- ter the leaves have fallen in the autumn, these flowers stand out in a reincarnation of scarlet and spicy berries, which masquerade continually as holly berries when cunningly in- troduced amid the foliage of the latter. Between spring and fall the spice-bush is apparently invisible. How many of us, perfectly famil- iar with "the holly berry's glow" about Christmas time, have ever seen a whole tree of holly, set with berries? Yet the trees, sometimes fifty feet high, of American holly — and this is spice-bush vcry different from the English holly 194. Flowers of the. 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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