NEW YORK THE MACMILLAN COMPANY 1914
Copyright, 1904
By The Outlook Company
Published April, 1904
Reprinted April, 1904
New edition September, 1906
Reprinted August, 1913 March, 1914.
These sketches are, I fear, very unscientific and unsystematic. Theyrecord the growth of my own interest and information, as I have recentlyobserved and enjoyed the trees among which I had walked unseeing far toomany years. To pass on, as well as I can, some of the benefit that hascome into my own life from this wakened interest in the trees providedby the Creator for the resting of tired brains and the healing ofruffled spirits, as well as for utility, is the reason for gatheringtogether and somewhat extending the papers that have brought me, as theyhave appeared in the pages of "The Outlook," so many letters offellowship and appreciation from others who have often seen more clearlyand deeply into the woods than I may hope to.
Driven out from my desk by weariness sometimes—and as often, I confess,by a rasped tem[Pg v]per I would fain hide from display—I have never failedto find rest, and peace, and much to see and to love, among the commonand familiar trees, to which I hope these mere hints of some of theirfeatures not always seen may send others who also need their silent andbeneficent message.
March 17, 1904
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| A Story of Some Maples | 1 |
| The Growth of the Oak | 25 |
| Pines | 49 |
| Apples | 73 |
| Willows and Poplars | 95 |
| The Elm and the Tulip | 131 |
| Nut-bearing Trees | 157 |
| Some Other Trees | 185 |
| Index | 235 |
| Botanical Names | 239 |