5/19 I can tell from the trees, too. Look around! do you see anything peculiar in these trees ?" "Nothing," replied Basil and Francois together. "Nothing, except that they are mostly small and low." "Do you not observe anything odd in their species ?" "No," said Basil. "I think I have seen them all before. There are mulberry-trees, and black walnuts, and Chicasaw plums, and pawpaws, and Osage orange, and shell-bark hickories, and pecans, and honey-locusts. |