The Garden Magazine, February, 1921 
“ BUT, SOBER ON A FUND OF JOY, 
THE WOODS AT HEART ARE GLAD" 
Emerson 
The striking beauty of the Beech is very apparent. It 
is one of the few deciduous trees possessing any particu- 
lar winter interest and charm. Its coppery, finely 
chiselled leaves cling long after snowfall and make with 
the dove-grey, velvety bark a color-harmony appropri- 
ately subdued to meet nature’s winter mood. Even in 
spring when so much loveliness is about, its clear, 
translucent yellow foliage is conspicuously beautiful. 
The far-sighted homebuilder, planting for all-year effect, 
cannot afford to ignore a tree which always has a 
‘‘best foot foremost" 
