FOREST TEEES 



the several leaves, and a choice in the 

 spacing. In the first weeks of leafing- 

 time there is to be added to these 

 features the effects derived from tran- 

 sitions of color in the leaves. For the 

 very young leaves are not green, but 

 of a deep rose or dusky gray. They 

 are velvety in texture, and lie nestling 

 w^ithin the groups of the larger green 

 leaves that have preceded them. Just 

 as it was said a little while ago that 

 there was expressiveness throughout 

 the branches, it may now be said that 

 there is a fitness of the foliage for all 

 parts of the tree. 



In winter, however, the beauty of the 

 oak's foliage is gone. The dry leaves 

 still hang on the boughs, sometimes 

 even until spring, but they look dishev- 

 eled and dreary. Still, they are not 

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