. British trees. Trees. 40 BLACKTHORN. with its " laiiihs' tails," while the elms bear a load of red blossom, and in the woods is a carpet of white anemones powdered with primroses. But out in the open, the only tiowers to be seen are those which. cover tfic leafless branches of the Blackthorn like a sprinkling of snow- flakes. This, each year, is its moment t grace, (inailed and twistetl, dwarfed and unlovely, the tree crouches at the edge ot the moor, where a wall affords it a mere [iretence of slielter. Its very shade. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page


. British trees. Trees. 40 BLACKTHORN. with its " laiiihs' tails," while the elms bear a load of red blossom, and in the woods is a carpet of white anemones powdered with primroses. But out in the open, the only tiowers to be seen are those which. cover tfic leafless branches of the Blackthorn like a sprinkling of snow- flakes. This, each year, is its moment t grace, (inailed and twistetl, dwarfed and unlovely, the tree crouches at the edge ot the moor, where a wall affords it a mere [iretence of slielter. Its very shade. 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 Cole, Rex Vicat, b. 1870; Kempe, Dorothy. London : Hutchinson


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