Trees, Shown to the Children

Chapter 8: PLATE VI THE HAZEL

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This work presents a detailed exploration of various tree species, featuring 32 colored plates that illustrate each type. It serves as an educational resource for children, highlighting the characteristics and significance of trees in nature. The content is structured to engage young readers with vivid imagery and informative descriptions, fostering an appreciation for the natural world. Each plate is accompanied by text that describes the tree's features, habitat, and ecological role, making it a valuable tool for learning about botany and the environment.

PLATE VI
THE HAZEL

There are few of us who think of the Hazel as one of our forest trees. We know it as a large, straggling bush, with a thicket of leaves and branches, among which are hidden delicious nuts. But in some places the Hazel has quite outgrown the bush stage: in Middlesex there is a Hazel tree sixty feet high, with a straight thick trunk and many large branches covered luxuriantly with leaves.

The Hazel (1) has been known in history for many centuries. The Romans wrote that its spreading roots did harm to the young vines, but they found its supple twigs invaluable for tying up the straggling vine shoots.

Scotland is said to have been called Caledonia from Cal Dun, which means the hill of Hazel. And in Surrey we have the name Haslemere, which tells its own story.