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. Familiar trees and their leaves . Trees. GO FAMILIAR TREES AND THEIR LEAVES. would not be alone in the appreciation of this crab apple. One morning I approached and stood beside it, drawn by an unaccountable musical ham which I had heard no less than seventy feet away. Wonder of wonders! I saw ten thousand golden bees busily engaged gathering honey from the countless blossoms, and yet another ten thousand bewilderingly circling over those at work, till the rausic of fel'Wlfe their hum was like ^lIV-^ _^ the sub- dued di- apason notes of. Crab Apple. a grand organ. The bees at least do not ov
. Familiar trees and their leaves . Trees. GO FAMILIAR TREES AND THEIR LEAVES. would not be alone in the appreciation of this crab apple. One morning I approached and stood beside it, drawn by an unaccountable musical ham which I had heard no less than seventy feet away. Wonder of wonders! I saw ten thousand golden bees busily engaged gathering honey from the countless blossoms, and yet another ten thousand bewilderingly circling over those at work, till the rausic of fel'Wlfe their hum was like ^lIV-^ _^ the sub- dued di- apason notes of. Crab Apple. a grand organ. The bees at least do not overesti- mate the value of this tree. The crab apple's leaves are larger than those of most apple trees, and are not infrequently heart-shaped at the base. My drawing was taken from a tree in cultivation, but. 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 Mathews, F. Schuyler (Ferdinand Schuyler), 1854-1938. New York : D. Appleton
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