The tree book : A popular guide to a knowledge of the trees of North America and to their uses and cultivation

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Title: The tree book : A popular guide to a knowledge of the trees of North America and to their uses and cultivation
Year: 1920 (1920s)
Authors: Rogers, Julia Ellen, b. 1866
Subjects: Trees
Publisher: New York : Doubleday, Page
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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THE MOUNTAIN ASH (Sorbus Americana) The flat, crowded cluster of tiny white flowers is set in a whorl of the dark-green leaves in May or June. The red berriesripen in September and remain all winter. The foliage is bright yellow in autumn. The twigs are red; so are the waxy budsabove the prominent leaf scars. The white breathing pores show distinctly on the smooth bark 4 Y V
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-J .^33 , . r - THE SERVICE-BERRY TREE (Amelanchier Canadensis) This solitary tree grows on the edge of a plowed field. Tillage and elbow room enable it to spread out like a luxuriant cherrjtree. Its bloom appears in April, when most trees are still bare. Its berries are the delight of the birds in June The Service-berrie* narrow, long petals. Fruit, June, a red, juicy, sweet berry, withio-celled core. Preferred habitat, rich, upland soil, borders ofwoods. Distribution, Newfoundland to the Dakotas, south to theGulf. Uses: A desirable park or lawn tree; wood occasionallyused for tool handles, etc. Do you wait until you are sure of finding violets a-plentybefore you take the time to go to the woods? Then you miss arare and most delightful experience. Go two weeks earlier thisyear, and you may see the little June-berry tree put on her bridalveil. The larger trees which stand about with naked branchesare but a background to set off the charms of this modest wood-land beauty. It is not sim

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