. The American botanist : a monthly journal for the plant lover. Botany. The American Botanist VOL. XXII JOLIET, ILL., NOVEMBER, 1916 No. 4 TJhe summer warmth has left the sA-y, Uhe summer sonys have died away; <y{nd, withered, in the footpaths lie TJhe fallen leaves^ but yesterday With ruby and with topaz yay, 2/et throuyh the yray and sombre woodj J^yainst the dusk of fir and pine jCast of the floral sisterhood^ Uhe hazel's yellow blossoms shine. —Whittier. THE OSSAWATOMIE PINE TREE By Charles Francis Saunders. NE of the trips expected of every tourist in Southern California is b}^ the re
. The American botanist : a monthly journal for the plant lover. Botany. The American Botanist VOL. XXII JOLIET, ILL., NOVEMBER, 1916 No. 4 TJhe summer warmth has left the sA-y, Uhe summer sonys have died away; <y{nd, withered, in the footpaths lie TJhe fallen leaves^ but yesterday With ruby and with topaz yay, 2/et throuyh the yray and sombre woodj J^yainst the dusk of fir and pine jCast of the floral sisterhood^ Uhe hazel's yellow blossoms shine. —Whittier. THE OSSAWATOMIE PINE TREE By Charles Francis Saunders. NE of the trips expected of every tourist in Southern California is b}^ the remarkable electric railway to the top of Mount Lowe—^a peak of the Sierra Madre of California. On the very summit of this peak stands a small tree which has rather unicjue pretensions to interest. It is a nut-pine of the sort known botanically as Pimis nwnopliylla—the single leaf pine—and is the solitary specimen of its species within a radius of many miles. A generation ago on the flank of this mountain, was the home of Jason and Owen Brown and their sister Ruth Thomp- son, children of John Brown, the Abolitionist. One autumn day in 1887, the two brothers came upon this little tree and. 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 Binghamton, N. Y. : Willard N. Clute & Co.
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