Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 179
towns as New Haven, Con-cord, or Lexington stripped of their elms ; theywould indeed be different places. The shapeof the tree is a gradual, almost imperceptiblespread as the branches leave the main trunk.One good feature of the tree is that its foliageis so high above the ground that it does… … By Lucy L. Cable. Down beyond the garden wall They have cut down the maple-tree; But they who cut it cannot knowThe loss to you and me. They think to build themselves a houseWhere long our tree has stood — Our tree that was a house of leaves,Fairer than house of wood. Will they see the wondrous…
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