New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-05-16
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June must como before forest trees are dressed
IN all their opulcncc Of foliage. Now in mid-May
every one Of them is cathcrng out In leaf Here and
there few domeSticacd foreigners, like the pau
lownia rs yet show 40 green. but the flower spikes
on the ends of the darky furowed branches Of these
trees havo already opened and the broad leaves will
soon succeed the clusters of lavender trumpets. The
advance Of the year has been dciboratcfOr It Is
two full months since the pioneer leaflets ventured
out upon the willows-that the opportunity for
watching the progress Of foation has been II rare
one. After tho willows aud poplars the naples and
trim tulip trees began to unfold their leaves and
next tho horsc-cbcstnut slowly lifted its dropping
palms Then followed our native chestnut, abreast
of the lindens elns brechcs birchcs and sycalnOres
The slowly opening oaks next joined the procession
and along with tho later varieties of these came tho
ashes which arcln England among the latest trees to
show leaf or the Laureate, whose botany is in
varinbly faultcss, would never have writt6nE
"Whv linccrcth she to clOthc her heart with love.
Delaying rs the tender ash delays, To clOthc herself
when all the woods are green" The great budssof
the hickory burst soon nitcr the white-oak un-
covered its palc salmon and pink tinted claws, and
with them appeared the glossy leaves Of the pepper
idQe. while the sassafras breathed forth faint
aromatic odor5 rs its leaves and golden bloom
folded together Thon the tardy littlo locust buds
which Ind been safely stored away for the Winter
under the very bark warmed into life, the Catapas
became conscious of the Spring, the long compound
leaves of the black-wnlnut and ailantus began to
unfurl and not bare branch was left in forest or
park or thickct.
OF course each treo has its own way Of putting
ON its folinge, which is quite rs distinct rs tho fo
ago itself Each leaf opens after the fashion of its
kind IA it is folded or doubled, rolled plated
I'm the bud Their colOrs are varied their forms
and habits ranging through all the shades from
the rich bronze of the Norway naples to the pale
green of the trcmulous poplar and the light yellow
of some of the willows and these tnts fade deepen
with each days growth. All of these elements of
beauty, blended and contrasted changing their
relations as ono tree clothes itself rapidly than
another, make an infinite variety in every forest
Nor is there anything mOnOtOuOuS in any single tree
Even the conerous eyergrcens loose their dull tone
and take on Il warmer green. while every dociduous
tree changes from glory to glory as it develops
with the to its full-fOliagcd perfection. The
birch mover loses its delicate feminine charm nor the
beech its statclincss, the maple its cheerful sunny
look the hickory its nobility ozexpression, the elm
its combined majesty and grace nor the "unwedgea-
bic and gnarcd oak" its massive stcadlastness Bnt
while these essential and myarablo characteristics,
remain forever the masses of foliage break into
deeper shadows and more distinct outlines rs Mny
WARNS into june 80 that every ridgcd and lutod
column or smooth gray bolc In forest or field seems
to uphold new tree every day.
1t ought to be some consolation to the limited