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or feelincr they chiefly express. The slippery elm is stiff and 

 hard. The American elm is soft and graceful The Lombardy 

 poplar is prim and precise. The oak is nigged, stern and bold. 

 The pepperidge is dejected. The long white branches of a leaning 



buttonwood stand- 

 ing against a dis- 

 tant forest, sug- 

 gest some spectre 

 hurrying away 

 from the haunts of 

 men. 



Trees which 

 have very strong 

 expressions, or 

 which are much 

 unlike others, are 

 said to have char- 

 acter. They are 

 peculiar. Of such 

 trees are oaks, pep- 

 peridge , Lombardy 

 poplar, button- 

 wood, old apple 

 trees. 



A tree with very 

 strono- characters 

 is said to be pic- 

 turesque. That is, 

 it is such an object 

 as an artist de- 

 lights to put into 

 a picture. Trees 

 which are very un- 

 symmetrical, o r 

 knotty, gnarled or crooked, are usually picturesque. Of all 

 common trees, none is more picturesque than an old apple tree. 

 Observe its gnarled and crooked branches, and the irregular 

 spaces in its top. 





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32. Group of Lombardy Poplars. From Bulletin 68. 



