The Two Magicians and the April Rains: April

8 pages in this part of Wonderland of Trees.

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

Yet the story of what we will call "The Black Magician and the Woodman" is far worse than any witches ever could conjure up--particularly…

II. THE OTHER MAGICIAN--THE GREEN ONE Now don't think that the story of what I have called "The Black Magician" is merely an entertaining…

You remember that, as we learned in February, another amusing reminder of the ways of humanity, in the lives of our tree friends, is that…

And our Uncle Sam, wise old uncle that he is, is having a good deal to say about it. Among other things--just listen now--he says: "In…

It won't do simply to sing songs and recite pieces about trees on Arbor Day. Uncle Sam has been looking into that, too, and this is what he…

Or, as suggested in the October chapter, you can, under direction of your "chief forester," raise your own seedlings, or part of them, and…

Early spring is the best time to plant tree seeds, except those of species such as the Silver Maple and White Elm, which mature in May or…