CONTENTS 



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THE LIFE AND WORK OF THE TREES 



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I What the Trees Abe 3 



II Reading Signs 10 



III How Trees Grow 19 



IV Fruit and Leaf Buds 27 



V Blossom-Time 36 



VI Babt Leaves 49 



VII Seed-Time and Sowing 58 



VIII Seedlings and Shoots 67 



IX Falling Leaves 88 



X The Sleep op the Trees 95 



XI Some Enemies op the Trees .... 102 



II 

 THE KINDS OF TREES 



I I'he Mighty Oak 123 



II The Maples 132 



III The Elm Family 139 



IV Willows and Poplars 146 



V The Beech 154 



VI Walnuts and Hickories 162 



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