Trees that every child should know : easy tree studies for all seasons of the year . Pine twig with cones, young and old, and clustered staminate flowers The Great Sugar Pine 113 up, the grand sugar pines, along the highest levelof the stage road. They stood oftenest in closeranks so that their tops were small, because ofthe crowding. And here they had stood forcenturies. The road was no wider than the broadstumps of some that had been cut down, andtheir prostrate trunks were longer than any logI have ever seen before. I remember calculatingthat the round dining table at home could be setupon
Trees that every child should know : easy tree studies for all seasons of the year . Pine twig with cones, young and old, and clustered staminate flowers The Great Sugar Pine 113 up, the grand sugar pines, along the highest levelof the stage road. They stood oftenest in closeranks so that their tops were small, because ofthe crowding. And here they had stood forcenturies. The road was no wider than the broadstumps of some that had been cut down, andtheir prostrate trunks were longer than any logI have ever seen before. I remember calculatingthat the round dining table at home could be setupon this stump, and all the family seated roundit with no danger of their chairs being too nearthe edge. The standing trunks seemed like greatbuilded columns, too large for real trees to feathery, dark green tips reached nearerto the sky than any trees in Eastern forests. Under these pines old cones were lying. Theywere big, to match the trees. Twenty inches thelongest one measured, with scales two inches long,and plump seeds as big as navy beans. Faroff in the tree top th
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