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AMONG THE TREES
AT
ELMRIDGE
BY
ELLA RODMAN CHURCH
1886
CONTENTS.
A SPRING OPENING.
CHAPTER II.
THE MAPLES.
CHAPTER III.
OLD ACQUAINTANCES: THE ELMS.
CHAPTER IV.
MAJESTY AND STRENGTH: THE OAK.
CHAPTER V.
BEAUTY AND GRACE: THE ASH.
CHAPTER VI.
THE OLIVE TREE.
CHAPTER VII.
THE USEFUL BIRCH.
CHAPTER VIII.
THE POPLARS.
CHAPTER IX.
ALL A-BLOW: THE APPLE TREE.
CHAPTER X.
A FRUITFUL FAMILY: THE PEACH, ALMOND, PLUM AND CHERRY.
CHAPTER XI.
THE CHERRY-STORY.
CHAPTER XII.
THE MULBERRY FAMILY.
CHAPTER XIII.
QUEER RELATIONS: THE CAOUTCHOUC AND THE MILK TREE.
CHAPTER XIV.
HOME AND ABROAD: LINDEN, CAMPHOR, BEECH.
CHAPTER XV.
THE TENT AND THE LOCUSTS.
CHAPTER XVI.
THE WALNUT FAMILY AND THE AILANTHUS.
CHAPTER XVII.
SOME BEAUTIFUL TREES: THE CHESTNUT AND HORSE-CHESTNUT.
CHAPTER XVIII.
AMONG THE PINES.
CHAPTER XIX.
GIANT AND NUT PINES.
CHAPTER XX.
MORE WINTER TREES: THE FIRS AND THE SPRUCES.
CHAPTER XXI.
THE CEDARS.
CHAPTER XXII.
THE PALMS.
AMONG THE TREES AT ELMRIDGE.
CHAPTER I.
A SPRING OPENING.
On that bright spring afternoon when three happy, interestedchildren went off to the woods with their governess to take theirfirst lesson in the study of wild flowers, they saw also some otherthings which made a fresh series of "Elmridge Talks," and thesethings were found among the trees of the roadside and forest.
"What makes it look so yellow over there, Miss Harson?"asked Clara, who was peering curiously at a clump of trees thatseemed to have been touched with gold or sunlight. "And just lookover here," she continued, "at these pink ones!"
Malcolm shouted at the idea:
"Yellow and pink trees! That sounds like a Japanese fan. Whereare they, I should like to know?"
"Here, you perverse boy!" said