. St. Nicholas [serial] . QUEEN ZIXI RODE OUT AT THE HEAD OF HER ARMY, CLADIN A SUIT OF MAIL. Libiiuj, ^uiv. ©fNorth Carolina ST. NICHOLAS. Vol. XXXII. MAY, 1905, No. By Edwin W. Foster. To know the trees, especially our fine Ameri-can forest trees, is to possess friends whosecharacter can always be depended upon, andwhose intimate acquaintance brings continualand increasing pleasure. It is surprising how few people know even avery little about our trees ; and this is as true ofcountry people as it is of those who live incities. Perhaps it is because the scientists havefrightened people wi
. St. Nicholas [serial] . QUEEN ZIXI RODE OUT AT THE HEAD OF HER ARMY, CLADIN A SUIT OF MAIL. Libiiuj, ^uiv. ©fNorth Carolina ST. NICHOLAS. Vol. XXXII. MAY, 1905, No. By Edwin W. Foster. To know the trees, especially our fine Ameri-can forest trees, is to possess friends whosecharacter can always be depended upon, andwhose intimate acquaintance brings continualand increasing pleasure. It is surprising how few people know even avery little about our trees ; and this is as true ofcountry people as it is of those who live incities. Perhaps it is because the scientists havefrightened people with their formidable Latinnames, but whatever the cause, the fact remainsthat few people can walk through the woods orparks and name correctly half a dozen trees. As one becomes acquainted with these nobleand beautiful plants, he soon finds that eachtree differs from every other tree just as eachhuman being differs from his fellows, and yetthere are families and classes of trees just asthere are races and nations among men. It is quite a wonderful thing to know that ina forest containing thousands of trees, withtheir millions of leaves, no two leaves are exactlyali
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