Nature Study
' Round the Countryside '-4
' Strange Guests of the Trees'
RICHARD MORSE
One of the most interesting ways of thinking of a tree is to regard it as a host that entertains a large number of guests There is not one of our trees that lives all by itself. Roots, trunk, branches, leaves, flowers and fruit may all provide food and shelter for hordes of insects and other visitors.
But probably the strangest of all the guests of the trees are those that cause the peculiar growths known as galls. The oak-apple is a familiar example, but there are scores of others equally abundant and equally mysterious.
This afternoon Mr. Richard Morse will describe some of these strange growths, and will show what fascinating stories lie hidden behind their origin and their development.