CHAPTEE II 

 TREES 



I HAVE chosen trees as my first subject, 

 because they are prominent objects in 

 almost every place. In rambles afield 

 and in rambles citywards, trees are features 

 of the scene which at once attract our 

 notice. Indeed, owing to the general desire 

 for public parks in towns, and the strict 

 preservation of game in counties, it is usually 

 easier for inhabitants of the former than 

 for dwellers in the latter, to acquire 

 a knowledge of the various sorts of 

 trees. 



All our lifetime these beautiful creations 

 are more or less about us, and intimately 

 associated with us. In youth, it is our 

 delight to climb them and to swing upon 

 their branches; in after years our esteem is 

 as warm, if its source is less athletic. We 



