. In God's out-of-doors. Natural history. .# ^. Mayhap, it Is ot tnese aays the willows dream, but dream they do, summer cr winter They have a touch of pathos in them evermore. The bark is litce to an elm so as to be easily mistal^en for it, and ashy-red in hue. These of the picture are taken from "my farm" in the ravine I set such store by, and where in springtime the waters will pour about them to their knees; and they know it' They love that knee-deep wading like little boys. In spring, with their flash of early green, or in sum- mer, with half slumber, and their pensive droop of
. In God's out-of-doors. Natural history. .# ^. Mayhap, it Is ot tnese aays the willows dream, but dream they do, summer cr winter They have a touch of pathos in them evermore. The bark is litce to an elm so as to be easily mistal^en for it, and ashy-red in hue. These of the picture are taken from "my farm" in the ravine I set such store by, and where in springtime the waters will pour about them to their knees; and they know it' They love that knee-deep wading like little boys. In spring, with their flash of early green, or in sum- mer, with half slumber, and their pensive droop of leaf and branch and trunk—well, God did certainly deal ten- derly with the willows, and made them very fair I The shell-bark hickory is the sur- liest seeming tree in the wood, save only the honey-locust, which is vindic- tive and humanity-hating as Timon of Athens, though when the fair summer is blooming this misanthropic tree flashes out in throngs of tiny leaves almost as exquisite ferns, and much after their likeness. Not any tree has any more beautiful leaves than a thorny locust, so man-hating and beast-hating, that even the merry squirrel can not climb it, but in which birds build nests, as in a citadel; for there the larger birds can not come seeking prey, nor the wise serpent. This evil, angry tree so comes to serve good uses, building with angry skill a fortress. 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 Quayle, William A. (William Alfred), 1860-1925. Cincinnati, Jennings & Pye; New York, Eaton & Mains
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