PART II. 



WINTER WOOD LORE. 

 I. 



SPEAY. 



URIOUS, indeed, and beau- 

 tiful is the almost infinite 

 variety of that part of a 

 ! tree's ramification which is 

 called ' spray/ Of the 

 general character of the 

 ramification of particular 

 and individual trees, we 

 have discoursed in a pre- 

 vious chapter when treating of ' Tree Forms.' 

 Here it is our object to enter into more detail, 

 and to give to our notes and descriptions, 

 in the text itself, that aid which is better 



