Trees that every child should know : easy tree studies for all seasons of the year . The Lombardy poplar stands like an exclamation point in the landscape. Trees We Know by Their Shapes 93 of their tops, in summer by leaves and flowers,in autumn by their changing colour and by theirfruits. It is not hard work for those who lovetrees. It is like getting acquainted with otherneighbours whom we are glad to count amongour friends. TREES WE KNOW BY THEIR SHAPES The life of every tree depends upon its suc-cess in holding its leaves out into the sun-light. The tree which exposes the greatestamount of
Trees that every child should know : easy tree studies for all seasons of the year . The Lombardy poplar stands like an exclamation point in the landscape. Trees We Know by Their Shapes 93 of their tops, in summer by leaves and flowers,in autumn by their changing colour and by theirfruits. It is not hard work for those who lovetrees. It is like getting acquainted with otherneighbours whom we are glad to count amongour friends. TREES WE KNOW BY THEIR SHAPES The life of every tree depends upon its suc-cess in holding its leaves out into the sun-light. The tree which exposes the greatestamount of leaf surface to the sun makes thegreatest growth. The shape of their tops is acharacter in which trees differ widely. We shallcome to know many of them in winter time bet-ter than in summer, by the distinct shapes re-vealed when the foliage is gone. In any baretree, the purpose of all of the branching andbranching again, is plainly seen. Each twig andbranch reaches out toward the outer surface ofthe dome, or pyramid. Here the buds in winterare waiting to open, when spring comes, intoleafy shoots. These will cover the tree top witha dome of green gr
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