Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 February 1919 — Should Learn to Know Trees When Without Their Leaves [ARTICLE]

Should Learn to Know Trees When Without Their Leaves

No tree lover should be content to know the trees only in summer. The summer trees may be more beautiful than the bare trees of winter, but it is the leafless tree that most clearly betrays the specific arboreal characteristic. Leaves are distinctive, but the distinction is somewhat superficial, for the leaves are no more than the summer dress. When the leaves are gone the tree ‘’Stands more truly disclosed. Yet comparatively few of those who familiarly know the trees of summer can readily recognize all their friends in the honest nudity of winter. s