A Year in the Wonderland of Trees

Twelve months in the woods — why leaves turn, how squirrels bank their acorns, what the winds plant and the April rains conjure — nature writing for young wood scouts, one month at a time.

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Introduction

With Drawings by LORA PALMER ATKINSON and Many Other Illustrations

When the Leaves Begin to Turn: September

10 pages

Seed-Time and Harvest: October

6 pages

How to Know the Trees in Winter: November

6 pages

The Christmas Spirits and the Trees: December

10 pages

The Wood Scouts and the Wood-Lot: January

3 pages

The Lives of Trees and the Lives of Men: February

5 pages

The Winds and the Woods: March

8 pages

The Two Magicians and the April Rains: April

8 pages

The Parties of the May-Day Fairies: May

6 pages

The Summer Woods and the Long Vacation: June

3 pages

The Dreadful Fireworks: July

2 pages

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The Two Magicians and the April Rains: April

Every year we see the April rains work wonders, bringing back last year's verdure to the dreary fields, restoring the foliage to…

The Summer Woods and the Long Vacation: June

As every Boy Scout knows, the chapter on woodcraft is the longest in the Manual, and tells, among other things, how to know the…

Introduction

With Drawings by LORA PALMER ATKINSON and Many Other Illustrations

The Parties of the May-Day Fairies: May

What would you call them, what could you call them, but fairies, little people smaller than these commas, that can hide a whole…

Soldiers of the Common Good: August

Of course, in a vast and populous country like ours, no amount of devotion or skill on the part of the Federal and State forest…

The Wood Scouts and the Wood-Lot: January

January is the month in which business men are accustomed to take inventory; that is to say, to make a list of the goods they…

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