STUDIES OF TREES IN WINTER 



mination and to distinguish a particular species 

 of oak or hickory or poplar from every other. 



A knowledge of trees, the ability at least to 

 recognize and identify them, adds vastly to the 

 pleasures of life. One who knows trees well 

 meets them like old friends ; each season in- 

 vests them with fresh charm, and the more we 

 study and know them the greater will be our 

 admiration of the wonderful variety and beauty 

 which they display in winter. 



C. S. Sargent. 



Arnold Arboretum, November, 1901. 



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