item: #1 of 18 id: 11377 author: Blackwood, Algernon title: The Man Whom the Trees Loved date: None words: 26595 flesch: 84 summary: And old trees in particular, continued the artist, as though to himself, have very definite personalities. THE TREES LOVED ALGERNON BLACKWOOD 1912 ~I~ He painted trees as by some special divining instinct of their essential qualities. keywords: bittacy; cedar; david; dear; eyes; face; forest; husband; life; mind; moment; mrs; night; room; sanderson; thing; thought; time; trees; voice; way; wind; woods cache: 11377.txt plain text: 11377.txt item: #2 of 18 id: 11723 author: Church, Ella Rodman title: Among the Trees at Elmridge date: None words: 65972 flesch: 80 summary: Camphor is found in many trees and shrubs, continued her governess, but in all others except the camphor tree of Sumatra and Borneo it has to be distilled from the wood and roots. But the mischievous little animal also barks the boughs and gnaws off the tops of the leading shoots, so that many trees are injured and defaced by his depredations. keywords: apple; bark; birch; blossoms; branches; chapter; children; clara; color; country; dear; edith; family; feet; flowers; foliage; fruit; good; governess; green; ground; harson; illustration; leaves; light; look; malcolm; maple; miss; nuts; oak; olive; palm; people; pine; red; reply; small; species; things; thought; time; tree; trunk; way; white; willow; wood cache: 11723.txt plain text: 11723.txt item: #3 of 18 id: 16116 author: Levison, Jacob Joshua title: Studies of Trees date: None words: 42372 flesch: 76 summary: Inspiring them to _love_ trees generally means more than teaching them to _know_ trees. Possible confusion with other trees of similar appearance is prevented as far as possible through comparisons with trees of like form or habit. keywords: bark; black; branches; brown; characters; color; disease; elm; enemies; fig; forest; form; ground; grow; hickory; illustration; insects; leaf; leaves; light; maple; oak; pine; planting; pores; red; size; soil; species; states; trees; trunk; value; water; white; wood cache: 16116.txt plain text: 16116.txt item: #4 of 18 id: 17807 author: Garis, Howard Roger title: Uncle Wiggily in the Woods date: None words: 37192 flesch: 96 summary: But Uncle Wiggily only pinkled his twink nose. Where? Inside my pulpit, was the answer, and Uncle Wiggily saw, not far away, the Jack-plant he had helped from under the stone. keywords: bear; billie; bunny uncle; dear; gentleman; good; hat; jane; johnnie; lady; longears; nurse; rabbit; right; stump; tree; uncle; uncle wiggily; wiggily; woods cache: 17807.txt plain text: 17807.txt item: #5 of 18 id: 20467 author: Brooks, Henry M. (Henry Mason) title: Handbook of the Trees of New England date: None words: 56406 flesch: 73 summary: Pure _fragilis_ and pure _alba_ are perfectly distinct plants, _fragilis_ occasional, locally rather common, and _alba_ rather rare within the limits of the United States. Norway maple_ 146 rubrum, L. _ keywords: acute; ash; base; beneath; branch; branches; brown; buds; calyx; dark; diameter; england; feet; fertile; flowers; foliage; gray; green; habitat; head; horticultural; inches; leaf; leaves; long; new; oak; oblong; ovate; plate; red; reddish; rounded; scales; season; shoots; slender; smooth; south; stamens; sterile; trees; trunk; west; white; winter; yellow cache: 20467.txt plain text: 20467.txt item: #6 of 18 id: 28764 author: McFarland, J. Horace (John Horace) title: Getting Acquainted with the Trees date: None words: 36897 flesch: 67 summary: Other great trees are notable for the general effect of strength or massiveness, individual branches departing much from the average line of the whole structure; but the American elm is regular in all its parts, as well as of general stateliness. I was told that it was wrong to pluck for any purpose the flowers of fruit trees, because the possible fruitage might thereby be reduced. keywords: american; apple; bark; beauty; bloom; book; branches; chestnut; color; common; crab; day; elm; family; flowers; foliage; forest; form; fruit; good; green; growth; home; illustration; leaves; life; man; maple; nature; new; oak; pine; poplar; red; species; spring; sweet; sycamore; time; tree; way; white; willow; winter; years; yellow cache: 28764.txt plain text: 28764.txt item: #7 of 18 id: 29724 author: Apgar, A. C. (Austin Craig) title: Trees of the Northern United States Their Study, Description and Determination date: None words: 56794 flesch: 85 summary: (=R.=) =R.= Leaf-buds long and slender; fruit a small prickly bur with two triangular, horny-coated nuts; large trees 90. =T.= End of leaf as though cut off; sides with one large lobe; margin entire; large tree 2. _Liriodendron. keywords: a.=; acute; alternate; bark; base; beneath; branches; buds; clusters; cones; dark; entire; fig; flowers; fruit; genus =; green; heart; high; illustration; lanceolate; leaf; leaflets; leaves; lobed; oblong; order; ovate; red; scales; seeds; serrate; shrubs; slender; smooth; south; species; spreading; stem; thick; tree; twigs; white; wild; wood; young cache: 29724.txt plain text: 29724.txt item: #8 of 18 id: 31994 author: Allen, G. F. (Grenville F.) title: The Forests of Mount Rainier National Park date: None words: 7589 flesch: 78 summary: 6-8, _7_, _8_, _9_, _10_, _12_, _13_ grand (_Abies grandis_) 20, _21_ noble (_Abies nobilis_) 17-19, _17_, _18_ silver. _See_ Fir, amabilis; Fir, grand. keywords: feet; fig; fir; forest; hemlock; illustration; mountain; park; rainier; tree; western cache: 31994.txt plain text: 31994.txt item: #9 of 18 id: 33948 author: Paine, Albert Bigelow title: The Hollow Tree Snowed-In Book Being a continuation of stories about the Hollow Tree and Deep Woods people date: None words: 43247 flesch: 79 summary: Then Mr. Rabbit said that that was another story, and Mr. Squirrel and Mr. Robin wanted him to tell it right away, but Mr. Crow said they'd better have supper now, and Mr. 'Possum thought that was a good plan, and Mr. 'Coon, too, and then they all hurried around to get up some sticks of wood from down-stairs, and to set the table, and everybody helped, so they could get through early and have a nice long evening. Mr. Crow and Mr. 'Coon said that was a good idea, and Mr. Rabbit said he thought they'd better postpone Mr. Robin's story until the next evening, as Mr. 'Possum had taken up so much time with his arguments that he must be hungrier than usual, and if he put in as much more time eating, it would be morning before they were ready to go on with the literary programme. keywords: coon; crow; dog; good; man; people; possum; rabbit; right; story; things; thought; time; tree; way cache: 33948.txt plain text: 33948.txt item: #10 of 18 id: 34740 author: Step, Edward title: Wayside and Woodland Trees: A pocket guide to the British sylva date: None words: 47833 flesch: 78 summary: The catkins of the Plane take the form of balls, in which male _or_ female flowers are pressed together; and the fruits, instead of being winged samaras, are the rough balls that so closely resemble an old-fashioned form of button, that the tree is known in some parts of the United States as the Button-wood. _nana_ is confined to the mountains of the north of our islands, and ascends to 2700 feet, which is 300 feet higher than is recorded of the type. keywords: ash; bark; base; beech; black; bole; branches; brown; chestnut; country; feet; female; fine; flowers; form; fruit; green; growth; half; height; illustration; inches; leaf; leaves; native; oak; pine; plates; poplar; scales; seeds; slender; smooth; species; stamens; summer; timber; tree; trunk; white; willow; winter; wood; years; yew cache: 34740.txt plain text: 34740.txt item: #11 of 18 id: 37646 author: Nuuttila, E. E. title: Forest Trees of Illinois: How to Know Them date: None words: 21607 flesch: 82 summary: The _bark_ differs from that of the black walnut in being light gray on branches and on the trunk of small trees, becoming darker on large trees. Britton THE wild crab apple, or prairie crab, is found throughout Illinois forming small trees 20 to 30 feet high with trunks from 6 to 12 inches in diameter. keywords: bark; black; brown; dark; diameter; feet; flowers; fruit; green; half; illinois; illustration; inches; leaf; leaves; light; oak; red; size; state; tree; white; wood; yellow cache: 37646.txt plain text: 37646.txt item: #12 of 18 id: 37684 author: Springer, John S. title: Forest Life and Forest Trees: comprising winter camp-life among the loggers, and wild-wood adventure. with Descriptions of lumbering operations on the various rivers of Maine and New Brunswick date: None words: 78942 flesch: 67 summary: There is much of interest in every development of nature--much to admire, especially in the grandeur, the picturesque beauty, and sublimity of large forest trees. In common with many other rivers, some portion of it is exceedingly crooked. keywords: banks; bear; branches; business; camp; country; course; crew; cut; day; distance; elm; falls; feet; fire; following; forest; ground; half; head; height; ice; inches; interest; lake; land; leaves; length; life; logs; lumber; lumbering; maine; making; man; men; miles; mountain; near; new; night; oxen; penobscot; pine; place; point; position; river; road; saw; shore; size; sled; snow; stream; team; timber; time; tree; view; water; way; winter; wood; work; years; | | cache: 37684.txt plain text: 37684.txt item: #13 of 18 id: 37717 author: Rogers, Julia Ellen title: Trees Worth Knowing date: None words: 80851 flesch: 76 summary: Fence wires stapled to growing trees are not spread apart nor carried upward, though the trees may serve as posts for years, and the growth in diameter may swallow up staple and wire in a short time. The exactions of city life limit the number of tree species that will do well. keywords: american; ash; autumn; bark; black; blue; branches; brown; buds; california; chestnut; clusters; coast; color; cones; dark; eastern; elm; european; family; feet; flowers; foliage; forests; form; fruit; genus; green; ground; growth; head; height; illustration; inches; leaf; leaves; limbs; linn; lumber; maple; mountain; native; new; north; northern; nuts; oak; page; pale; pine; red; roots; sap; scales; season; seeds; shoots; size; smooth; soil; south; southern; species; spring; states; summer; sweet; time; tree; trunk; twigs; water; western; white; wild; wind; winter; wood; year; yellow cache: 37717.txt plain text: 37717.txt item: #14 of 18 id: 38896 author: Paine, Albert Bigelow title: The Hollow Tree Snowed-in Book being a continuation of the stories about the Hollow Tree and Deep Woods people date: None words: 43231 flesch: 79 summary: Mr. Rabbit said he thought that the word menagerie sounded like some kind of a picnic, with swings and nice lively games, and Mr. Crow said that once when he was flying he passed over a place where there was a big sign that said Menagerie on it, and that there were some tents and a crowd of people and a great noise, but that he hadn't seen anything that he could carry off without being noticed, so he didn't stop. [Illustration: MR. 'POSSUM SAID HE'D JUST GET ON AND HOLD THE THINGS] It was moonlight and Mr. Crow led the way, and the minute they were far enough off to be sure they wouldn't wake up Widow Crow they sang the chorus of a song that Mr. Rabbit had made for them the day before when he called at the Hollow Tree, and they had told him what they were going to do. keywords: coon; crow; dog; good; man; people; possum; rabbit; right; story; things; thought; time; tree; way cache: 38896.txt plain text: 38896.txt item: #15 of 18 id: 41074 author: Roberts, Mary title: Ruins and Old Trees, Associated with Memorable Events in English History date: None words: 58306 flesch: 63 summary: Old trees have fallen down, From the sites where they stood of yore, And now in tower or town Their names are heard no more. I can gaze unwearied on the tranquil flowing of deep, clear waters, now shaded with old trees, that droop their branches to the water's edge, and now by rock and underwood, where roses and wild honeysuckles, harebells, and primroses mingle their beauty and their fragrance. keywords: abbey; ages; arms; boughs; branches; castle; children; church; city; condition; country; days; death; earl; earth; edward; ela; elizabeth; england; english; fair; father; flowers; forest; forth; green; ground; hand; henry; high; home; house; john; king; lady; left; length; life; light; lord; man; men; oak; place; queen; remains; scotland; son; sound; stone; thought; thy; time; trees; walls; wild; william; years cache: 41074.txt plain text: 41074.txt item: #16 of 18 id: 41175 author: Tyas, Robert title: Woodland Gleanings: Being an Account of British Forest-Trees date: None words: 60922 flesch: 74 summary: It is seldom found mixed with other trees, even when they are coeval with it in point of age. It is admirably calculated to diversify the scene, forming a pleasing variety among other trees, either in summer or winter. keywords: appearance; ash; bark; base; beauty; beech; beneath; boughs; branches; catkins; colour; country; diameter; effect; elm; england; feet; fir; flowers; foliage; following; forest; form; fruit; good; green; ground; growth; half; head; height; illustration; inches; leaf; leaves; light; nature; north; oak; parts; picturesque; plants; scales; seeds; shade; size; smooth; soil; species; spring; thou; thy; timber; time; tree; trunk; white; wild; willow; wood; years cache: 41175.txt plain text: 41175.txt item: #17 of 18 id: 41394 author: Otis, Charles Herbert title: Michigan Trees: A Handbook of the Native and Most Important Introduced Species date: None words: 43454 flesch: 82 summary: you find first _a. Leaves simple_, and contrasted with this _aa. Trunk not fluted; catkins usually present in winter; lenticels elongated horizontally; large trees. keywords: bark; branches; branchlet; broad; brown; buds; dark; diameter; feet; flower; fruit; glabrous; gray; green; illustration; inches; leaf; leaves; light; pistillate; red; scales; slender; staminate; tree; trunk; twig; white; winter; yellow cache: 41394.txt plain text: 41394.txt item: #18 of 18 id: 41702 author: Deam, Charles Clemon title: Trees of Indiana First Revised Edition (Publication No. 13, Department of Conservation, State of Indiana) date: None words: 75293 flesch: 78 summary: long and about 7 mm. in diameter; bracts of eastern trees differ from those of Indiana trees which are about 3-4 mm. In point of number it ranks as first of Indiana trees. keywords: apex; area; ash; bark; base; beneath; black; branches; brown; counties; county; dark; deam; diameter; flowers; fruit; glabrous; gray; green; hairy; illustration; inches; indiana; leaves; linnæus; lobes; oak; oblong; ovate; petioles; plate; pubescent; quercus; red; reddish; serrate; smooth; south; southern; species; specimens; state; thick; trees; twigs; variety =; west; white; wood; yellow; | | cache: 41702.txt plain text: 41702.txt