TREES AT LEISURE 



nest is tenderly held in safe- 

 keeping. 



In sharp contrast to the be- 

 nignant and inviting curves of 

 the elm is the self -centered out- 

 line of the isolated sugar maple. 

 Even this tree is more grace- 

 ful in winter than in summer. 

 It displays its many straight 

 branches, lifted skyward and 

 ending in finely-divided but well- 

 ordered sprays; while earlier, 

 it was merely an elongated green 

 period that served to punctuate 

 the summer landscape. Widely 

 different in habit is the great 

 maple of the woodland, whose 

 noble bole rises, a living pillar, 

 to the arches that uphold the 

 forest canopy. We do not need 

 to look up to its high branches 

 to know it; for its shining 

 gray color and a certain majesty 



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