Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 23
of the same size,as the nuts areretailed on thestreet cornersat about six dol-lars a bushel,while the Ital-ian who sellsroasted chest-nuts receivespay for them atthe rate of at FIG. I. A CHESTNUT-TREE STRIPPED leaSt eicllt dol OF ITS FOLIAGE. lars a bushel.The tree is one of our most rapid growers,… … stands for all that is sturdy, reliable, hardy, anduseful—a symbol for the honest, true, andpatriotic citizen among men. Although it isperhaps not as graceful as the elm, nor as lux-uriant as the magnolia or the palm, its strongand heavy trunk, its gnarled branches, and itsclean, healthy foliage…
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