Freak trees of the State of New York

Chapter 12: Transcriber’s Note

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About This Book

A concise illustrated guide that documents and interprets unusually shaped trees throughout New York State, combining an introductory essay on the aesthetic and practical value of trees with photographs submitted to a public contest. It explains possible natural and accidental causes of abnormal growth, catalogs species prone to odd forms—especially elms, maples, and beeches—summarizes judging criteria and prizes, and reproduces prize-winning and notable entries with locations and contributors. The collection emphasizes unusually shaped trees as landmarks, subjects for study, and prompts for public interest in forest observation and conservation.

Our Heritage

Now let us heal and restore where we trample and plunder,

Cleansing and saving our shallowing rivers and rills,

Lending new life to the field we have ravaged and beggared,

Calling new forest to gladden the desolate hills.

Then though we pass from the land that our fathers bequeathed us,

Mountain and river and wood shall our message renew;

“This is the land that we loved; oh, be faithful, our children!

Fair was it left to us; fairer we leave it to you!”

Arthur Guiterman

The New York State College of Forestry

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Syracuse University

Transcriber’s Note

Standardized names and addresses of pictures as italic.