. Around an old homestead; a book of memories. Huston, Paul Griswold; Farm life; Natural history. ISO AROUND AX OLD HOMESTEAD. and around their mossy surfaces until they were en- t^vined within a very network of the woody veins. Or perhaps a seed has fallen into a crevice or onto a little ledge of rock, and has there sent out its roots into the air, and these, reach- ing down tovv'ard the moist earth, have encircled the rock, and gripped it, and at last have wrapped about it with all the strength of the years, while the stem of the tree towers above and the rock is completely imprisoned and en
. Around an old homestead; a book of memories. Huston, Paul Griswold; Farm life; Natural history. ISO AROUND AX OLD HOMESTEAD. and around their mossy surfaces until they were en- t^vined within a very network of the woody veins. Or perhaps a seed has fallen into a crevice or onto a little ledge of rock, and has there sent out its roots into the air, and these, reach- ing down tovv'ard the moist earth, have encircled the rock, and gripped it, and at last have wrapped about it with all the strength of the years, while the stem of the tree towers above and the rock is completely imprisoned and enfolded within the giant arms. I have known of boys who have placed stones of consider- able dimension in the crotches of trees, some feet from the ground, and then have watched with delight the gradual but none the less firm encroachment of the bark about them as they finally became set in the wood, much to the wonder and astonishment of those not ac- quainted with this mysterious work- ing of Nature. I have known also of others, and these not always so young, who have taken especial de- light in the twisting, or braiding, of two small adjoining saplings with each other, so that they might be- come in the future a veritable mystery among the growths of Nature; and I have seen trees of a good girth which had so been entwined in their youth, and. TWISTED 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 Huston, Paul Griswold. Cincinnati, Jennings and Graham; New York, Eaton and Mains
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