Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 685
ming buttresses. The back-ground is just right to set off the wild beauty ofthe tree, and altogether the effect is most satisfy-ing ; it grows on you; you like it better everytime you pass it. There are, perhaps, hundredsof trees of the same species all about, but nonewhich compares with this. This… … THE WILLOW. Some tree-persons, like this fine willow, live only to be useful and beau-tiful, enjoying the blessings of health, sunshine, and shower, spread-ing each year a little more for nesting birds and each summer castinga broader shade for birds and the tired traveler. all the usual features…
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