. Our woodland trees . Trees; Trees. CHAPTER II. A PLEA FOR TEEES IN TOWNS. ^^r^Tx'fl '^ '^^s the good fortune of the Author of this volume to be born in a singularly beautiful part of the most beautiful county of England. The place was town, and yet country; and there, less perhaps than elsewhere, did it require demon- r\ stration that man had made the one and ^ ' God had made the other. Nature, indeed, firmly held her own, rich in choicest gifts, spread with lavish grace, alike through winding lane, over gentle upland slope and steep hill-side. She defied even the engineering power of man, c
. Our woodland trees . Trees; Trees. CHAPTER II. A PLEA FOR TEEES IN TOWNS. ^^r^Tx'fl '^ '^^s the good fortune of the Author of this volume to be born in a singularly beautiful part of the most beautiful county of England. The place was town, and yet country; and there, less perhaps than elsewhere, did it require demon- r\ stration that man had made the one and ^ ' God had made the other. Nature, indeed, firmly held her own, rich in choicest gifts, spread with lavish grace, alike through winding lane, over gentle upland slope and steep hill-side. She defied even the engineering power of man, compelling the homage of the buUder by forcing him to build in accordance with her wayward fancies. And. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Heath, Francis George, 1843-1913. London : Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington
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