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Tree Pictures
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The Apple Tree
Growing unnoticed in the back
yard, the apple is a quiet servant, it grows squat and
low, pruned of its crown to serve others. Though humble
in demeanor, it greets the Spring thaw with a bouquet
of flowers and offers the Fall a banquet of fruit. |
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"America"
(strength from the roots)
The magnificent crown of this
spruce, which had proudly reached for the heavens, has
been struck leaving a potentially mortal injury. Fortunately,
during its inception, its roots had found deep crevices
in the solid rock, which secure it and provide sustenance.
Surviving base branches gather energy from the sun and
a leading shoot has sprung again to the skies in a continuing
quest to fulfill its destiny. |
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Cedar
(by the waterís edge)
This playful tree loves to challenge
the boundary between the security of land and the adventure
of the waterís edge. |
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The
American Elm
With their tall trunks and graceful
spanning arches this aristocratic tree once transformed
the streets of America into majestic colonnades. Today,
isolated specimens stand aloof, with the delicate tracery
of their branches forming an elegant canopy inspiring
dignity and reverence. |
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The
Clump of Birches
A tree of life and vitality,
there is constant motion, quivering leaves, and rapid
prorogation into a clearing. Its flashy white bark begs
for attention. Alone, the tree is short-lived, but paired
with another, the trees achieve a unity, providing strength
and completeness. |
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The
Blue Spruce
Standing unmoved and unchanging
through wintry blasts and summer benevolence, this tall,
proud evergreen spire displays resolute commitment toward
a noble purpose. |
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Bald
Cypress
This Southern tree shows grace
and accommodation. Its elegant trunk rises tall from its
swampy origins. A fluted, flaring trunk supports it and
unique knee roots absorb needed oxygen. |
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The
Maple
The maple is a gregarious tree.
Its tidy, rounded, and symmetrical form pleases the eye,
and its outreaching branches welcome the observer to its
shade. The maple is easy to love, and its social mood
climaxes with brilliant fall color and an offering of
sweet sap. |
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The Monterey Cypress
Tormented by wind and time,
twisted by relentless forces, and split wide by adversity,
this courageous tree clings resolutely to its appointed
station, and with hope unending, reaches for the sky. |
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The
Red Oak
The sinewy roots rise from
the forest floor to form strong columns which buttress
the massive trunk of the trustworthy oak. It is the protector
of the forest, somber and steadfast. Its powerful, outreaching
limbs provide sanctuary and nurture for the creatures
of its realm. |
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The
Quaking Aspen
Quaking Aspen energize the
slopes of the Rockies. With unrestrained vitality, they
tremble and sing praises in silver and gold. In lofty
breezes, their spires proclaim the freedom of majestic
peaks. Two trees grow together as one, providing strength
and completeness. |
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The
White Pine
Standing alone and unmoved
by summer breezes and winter gales, this rugged evergreen
spire reaches proudly for the freedom of the skies. |
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The
Banyan Tree
A tree of community, spreading
its broad canopy to enclose and shelter its citizens below,
the adventitious roots drop and form secondary trunks,
like a grand colonnade. |
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The
Bristlecone Pine
A tree of incredible endurance,
which persists with exposed skeletal structure revealing
eons of experience. Yet at its newest boundary, a tuft
of fresh needles greets today with something new. |
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The
Ginkgo
A primordial tree with the
primitive branching of a conifer in its youth and the
broad spreading limbs of an oak at maturity, this tree
displays an ageless persistence. |
FLOWERING TREES
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The
Redbud Tree
The "promised kiss of springtime," bursting forth with lavender flowers to greet the delighted viewer. |
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The
Bradford Pear
Shortly after the leaving of the snows of winter, we awake to find a new, and enchanting frosting upon this tidy little friend. |
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The
Pink Dogwood
This small Easter harbinger awakes from slumber with a profusion of dainty, pink and white flowering crosses. |
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The
Golden Rain Tree
This glamorous tree reveals apple-green leaves in the spring which quickly covert to a golden crown in the sub-tropical sun. |
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The
Flame Tree
The Poinciana unabashedly startles the viewer with a red crown of flowers, unsurpassed in the tree world. |
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