Trees that every child should know : easy tree studies for all seasons of the year . tters. The bark gives thetree its name. Thin, narrow plates, close-wovenand tough as sole leather, seem to be attachedvery loosely to the body of the tree, but if youtry to pull off these narrow strips, you find theirhold is very firm. Often they are attached atthe middle, and spring out at both ends. An old shagbark tree is a picturesque figure,as it lifts its bare arms up toward the wintry-sky. The trunk is straight, but the branches arefull of angles. Yet, with all their rigidity, theselimbs have an express
Trees that every child should know : easy tree studies for all seasons of the year . tters. The bark gives thetree its name. Thin, narrow plates, close-wovenand tough as sole leather, seem to be attachedvery loosely to the body of the tree, but if youtry to pull off these narrow strips, you find theirhold is very firm. Often they are attached atthe middle, and spring out at both ends. An old shagbark tree is a picturesque figure,as it lifts its bare arms up toward the wintry-sky. The trunk is straight, but the branches arefull of angles. Yet, with all their rigidity, theselimbs have an expression of strength, if not ofgrace, and the trees head is usually symmetrical,and always full of character. A young hickory has smooth, close-knit bark likethat on the branches of the older trees. Gradu-ally the growing trunk becomes furrowed, andthe peculiar splintering and splitting of the barkis seen only in trees six inches or more in diam-eter. By the time the tree is old enough to bearnuts, it has built itself a formidable fence thatboys must climb over with much hard work and. The loose, stripping bark gives its name to the shagbark hickory
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