MOUNTAIN TREES 



The flower clusters, according to Ever- 

 mann, are greedily eaten by the band- 

 tailed pigeons, as many as thirty-five 

 of these ball-like clusters having been 

 found in the crop of a single bird. 



During the period of growth the win- 

 ter buds are neatly hidden away in the 

 hollow bases of the leaves and only 

 when the leaves fall do they get their 

 first peep into the world of light. And 

 have you ever noticed the little broad, 

 frilled leaf-stipules which like little 

 capes encircle the graceful angular 

 stems just beneath each leaf? 



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