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THE GUIDE TO NATURE 



A BOUQUET TREE GROWTH. 

 Photograph by C. R. Smith, Portland, Oregon. 



what it appears to be in the photograph 

 — a tree with two distinct trunks uni- 

 ted, each alive and each with perfect 

 bark." 



A photograph from Mr. Carl C. Don- 

 aldson, Richmond, Ohio, represents an 

 episode in tree life that is readily ex- 

 plained, yet has a certain attractiveness 

 not only in itself but in the picturesque 

 and beautiful surroundings. 



Mr. C. R. Smith, Portland, Oregon, 

 sends a photograph of a tree growth 

 that suggests a bouquet in a vase, a 

 clump of shrubbery which has grown 

 out of a tree stump. 



For photographs of crooked trees, 

 Mr. Francis G. Couch, Andersonburg, 

 Pennsylvania, is entitled to high 

 honors. I do not recall ever having 

 seen a large tree with so great a crook 

 as the one photographed by Mr. Couch. 

 He writes as follows : 



"Some time ago I noticed in Thf, 



Irondale and Wellsville in Jefferson 

 County, Ohio, and near the mouth of 

 block house hollow famous in Indian 

 times. It is on the farm of T. L. Jarvis, 

 who cleared the ground around it but 

 could not find the heart to destroy this 

 unique tree. It grew to a height of six 

 feet when it became bent and grew out 

 for several feet, when a branch on the 

 lower side grew down and took root 

 in the ground. This is considered one 

 of the queerest freaks among the trees 

 in Jefferson County." 



Of curious tree tops, that recorded 

 by Mr. J. H. Barnett, Hartland, New 

 Brunswick, Canada, is entitled to first 

 prize. Of this Mr. Barnett writes : 



"The tree is that commonly known 

 as 'roundwood.' Nobody seems to 

 know just what caused the peculiar 

 growth. The trunk grew straight for 

 awhile and then suddenly began to 

 branch in the odd way shown in the 

 photograph." 



Another remarkable opening through 

 a tree is that photographed by Mr. 

 Harry Staley, Harrisonburg, Virginia. 

 One can easily see how the tree divided 

 at the bottom into two branches, but 

 how did they get together to make that 

 perfect union? Mr. Staley writes: 



"Let me say that the tree is exactly 



A REMARKABLE LOOP. 



Photograph by Francis G. Couch, Andersonburg, 



Pennsylvania. 



