GETTING ACQUAINTED WITH THE TREES 



Winter effect of tulip trees 



the way of true ele- 

 gance. The botanists 

 tell us it prefers deep 

 and moist soil, but I 

 know that it lives and 

 seems happy in many 

 soils and in many 

 places. Always and 

 everywhere it shows a 

 clean, distinct trunk, 

 its brown bark uni- 

 formly furrowed, but 

 in such a manner 

 as to give a nearly 

 smooth appearance at 

 a little distance. The 

 branches do not leave 

 the stem so imper- 

 ceptibly as do those 

 which give the elm its 

 very distinct form, but 

 rather start at a right 

 angle, leaving the dis- 

 tinct central column 

 of solid strength un- 



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