Table of trees: bark, branching and trees seen at a distance
Sixth-part chapters on plant structure and how trees read from afar
This page continues the sixth-part table on trees and greenery, its chapter headings keyed to numbered leaves. The entries treat the bark of plants, the diversity of tree branchings, the transparency of leaves, and which sawn timbers stay straight or split in drying. A closing group turns to trees seen at various distances, why they look brighter close up than far off, and the varieties of their shadows.
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Bark, branching and timber that stays straight
The table continues with the bark of plants, the diversity of tree branchings, and branches set opposite one another. Further headings treat the transparency of leaves, the centre of trees within their thickness, and which sawn timbers or shafts never bend or split as they dry.
Trees at a distance and their brightness
Further chapters address branching seen at various distances and the part of a tree that stays visible far off. They ask why the same trees look brighter close up than from afar, and why trees brighten the more remote they become.
Varieties of tree shadows under one light
A closing entry treats the varieties in the shadows of trees seen under one same light, in one same country, in a particular light.