 | 1843 - 536 páginas
...it loves, rises higher than the generality of trees ; and after it has assumed the dignity and hoary roughness of age, few of its forest brethren ^though,...whose early leaf has generally more of the olive cast. We see them sometimes in fine harmony together, about the end of April and the beginning of May. We... | |
 | sir Henry Seton Steuart (1st bart.) - 1848 - 638 páginas
...heart, and if not cut down in time, becomes useless altogether for timber. " The Elm," says Gilpin, " is the first tree that salutes the early spring with its light and cheerful green." This may possibly be the case in Hampshire ; but in these northern latitudes where there is often little... | |
 | 1853 - 420 páginas
...main stem was 70 feet in height ; and its contents, by the usual measurement, were nearly 2000 feet. The ELM is the first tree that salutes the early spring...whose early leaf has generally more of the olive cast. We see them sometimes in fine harmony together about the end of April and the beginning of May. Mr.... | |
 | 1853 - 428 páginas
...main stem was 70 feet in height ; and its contents, by the usual measurement, were nearly 2000 feet, The ELM is the first tree that salutes the early spring...whose early leaf has generally more of the olive cast. We see them sometimes in fine harmony together about the end of April and the beginning of May. Mr.... | |
 | William Gilpin - 1883 - 428 páginas
...loves, rises higher than the generality of trees ; and, after it has assumed the dignity and hoary roughness of age, few of its forest brethren (though,...whose early leaf has generally more of the olive cast. We see them sometimes in fine harmony together about the end of April and the beginning of May. We... | |
 | Francis George Heath - 1886 - 474 páginas
...it loves, rises higher than the generality of trees ; and after it has assumed the dignity and hoary roughness of age, few of its forest brethren (though,...a forester) excel it in grandeur and beauty.' The beauty and gracefulness of the Birch, (page 64), are very striking, and in the whole forest there is... | |
 | Joseph Henry Curtis - 1910 - 166 páginas
...it loves, rises higher than the generality of trees; and, after it has assumed the dignity and hoary roughness of age, few of its forest brethren (though,...elm is the first tree that salutes the early spring in its light and cheerful green; a tint which contrasts agreeably with the oak, whose early leaf has... | |
 | Joseph Henry Curtis - 1910 - 140 páginas
...it loves, rises higher than the generality of trees; and, after it has assumed the dignity and hoary roughness of age, few of its forest brethren (though,...elm is the first tree that salutes the early spring in its light and cheerful green; a tint which contrasts agreeably with the oak, whose early leaf has... | |
 | Joseph Henry Curtis - 1910 - 140 páginas
...forester) excel it in grandeur and beauty. The elm is the first tree that salutes the early spring in its light and cheerful green; a tint which contrasts...whose early leaf has generally more of the olive cast. We see them sometimes in fine harmony together, about the end of April and the beginning of May. We... | |
 | William Carus Wilson - 192 páginas
...there is un allusion made to the elm by one of the lesser prophets, but which I shall notice hereafter. The elm is the first tree that salutes the early spring with its light and cheerful green, and sometimes very early in the season the branches are dark with innumerable small purple flowers,... | |
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The elm naturally grows upright, and, when it meets with a soil it loves, rises higher than the generality of trees ; and after it has assumed the dignity and hoary roughness of age, few of its forest brethren ^though, properly speaking, it is not a forester)... 
