| 单词 | big tree |
| 例句 | My parents decided it was worth it to hire a company to come in and decorate the park with lights and a big tree in the middle of Main Street. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “There are some big trees there,” said Blackberry. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z As the big tree had fallen, the roots had been tom and twisted from the ground. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z As far as I could see, there were no big trees like the giant oak that sat outside my bedroom window at home. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z A girl Julia's age sat on a pony under a big tree, before color was invented. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Sitting down, I leaned back against the big tree and fell asleep. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Papa pulled in front and Francie and Neeley pushed in back and they began forcing the big tree up the three narrow flights of stairs. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z And then I thought, “Why kill the big tree and not accomplish anything?” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Eventually someone from each of the big groups stands and approaches Johanna, picking their way carefully over the roots of the big tree. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z I never thought I would have a yard with a creek and big trees and blackberry bushes. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z The bank of the arroyo was undercut so deeply that a strong gust of wind would topple the big tree. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z I take them to Stanley Park, where there are big trees. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z As I entered the persimmon field, I sank deep into my thoughts, but a few steps past the big tree at the front of the path, I heard a rustling sound. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She slid down off the saddle, landing with a splish in a dark puddle, and wrapped herself around one of his great big tree trunk legs. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z “I don’t know,” I said, “but I didn’t chop the big tree down. The wind blew it over.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z With a cyclone roar, the big tree crashed to the ground, and then silence settled over the bottoms. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Another gust of wind caught in the top of the big tree. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Starks piled fodder under the big tree near the porch and the mule was usually around the store like the other citizens. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z “You rich kid now, your daddy rich rich man. Big house, big tree, now even we got houselady. Nice big yard for you. I pay all cash.” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z She tipped and sideslipped around the big tree and dropped the pigeon. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z The two trackers search every big tree and water source. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z So we brought a gourd of saroi and we camped in a big, big tree. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z I went looking for the lost cows but couldn’t find them, so when it got dark I found a very big tree, climbed up, and slept there. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z Figuring the big tree would eventually destroy the small deformed pine anyway, Cole chose it for his Christmas tree. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z It hit the top of a big tree, which shivered from the impact as if to let us know it had caught our rocket. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z It’s a big tree now, and while it’s never been great for climbing, when it blooms late in the winter, the white flowers make the whole yard smell pretty. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z We walked into the thickest forest and tried to escape the downpour by standing under big trees, but it rained to the point where the leaves couldn’t hold off the water anymore. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z “Rekh is a kinsman of his brother’s wife. You will meet me, then? Perhaps at the big tree by Aba the potter’s. Then we will go on together. Zau’s shop is near the palace.” The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z There was a back eddy from where the water came around the big tree roots and such hanging down. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Normally the forest quickly fills in bare spots, such as those created when big trees fall, and damage is kept to a minimum. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z It was a wet, dusky world; a world dominated by big trees, big trucks, and big men. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Old Dan bawled and started gnawing on the big tree’s trunk. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Besides the garden, there was a pond to clean and a big tree with rotten limbs to come off. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z At the top was a wide space sheltered by the canopy leaves of all the trees that grew together for the big tree. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z “Say,” he said, “this is the sycamore you call “the big tree,” isn’t it?” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z With tears in my eyes, I told them that I just couldn’t cut the big tree down. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z White house, single-storied, with a green lawn and a big tree in front of it. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The others walked over, and they stood together and looked up into the branches of the big tree. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z It isn't easy cutting down a big tree. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Great-Uncle Jim left huge piles of junk all over the yard, among the big trees and behind the buildings. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z The big trees, with their buttery white petals, bloom sweet all spring. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z It was too late to return to Sir Ector’s castle, or even to get back to the outlaws’ camp by the big tree. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z A window at one end looked out over the front yard, through the leaves of the big tree. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z The snow was damp and smooth in the road, so the sled slipped quickly over it, and the big trees seemed to be hurrying by on either side. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Francie glowed when she heard a lady say, “I never saw such a big tree!” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z As they came up to the house, Sammy called to them from up among the leaves of the big tree. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z There were some big trees on the property, and the house was right on the waterfront. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z I looked out of the window into the backyard and By and Dad and Mr. Robert were standing under a great big tree with a dog. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “This is a big tree, folks,” he said. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Only the roughest boys and some of the young men elected to be hit by the big trees. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z A man called after them, “You kids musta robbed a bank to buy such a big tree.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The farther west the trail went, the higher it was; the pines were tall and thick, and brushy pinon and cedar filled the spaces between the big trees, blocking out nearly all the light. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Then the houses were far apart from each other and there were yards with big trees in them and black shrubbery. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z While prowling the woods, I had seen the big tree many times. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z In the yard was a big tree, with a wooden swing hanging from a branch. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z Up in the big tree, Frightful closed her eyes. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z “We do not take big trees down to build our houses.” Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z I made a quick sketch of the construction, all these tiny people up there crawling around the girders like ants on a big tree. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z He needs lots of forest and big trees, and so his presence means that the Gribley farm is a beautiful place indeed.” My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z “It looked just the way it does now. A clearing, lots of sunshine, that big tree with all those knobby roots. We stopped and everyone took a drink, even the horse.” Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z “Lightning knocked down a big tree. The branches must have hit you.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z It was Christmastime, so there were lights and decorations everywhere and a big tree inside the house, glistening with ornaments. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z He ran back down the hill, and the three of us wandered over to one of the big trees and sat down beneath it, staring toward the barn, which still glowed with the party inside. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z “Please God, give me the strength to finish the job. I don’t want to leave the big tree like that. Please help me finish the job.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z We fell some of the big trees and split the logs longways into planks, making clapboards. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z A whole week went by before we found a very big tree full of tiny round red fruits that Adolf told me were called msulula. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z As they approached the brook, toward the big tree in the hollow of whose roots they would make their summer home, the children ran ahead, shouting and laughing. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z From that day on, it was called “the big tree.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z We looked out from behind a big tree and saw that a big wind or even two or three big wolves huffing and puffing real hard could blow Hooperville into the next county. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z “We were just exploring that old house back there. The yellow one, with the big tree going through it,” Genie explained. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z They wrapped the body in barkdoth and buried it under a big tree in the forest. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I started back behind the barn, in the part with all the big trees and acorns. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z I could make out the bulk of a large animal, crouched on a huge branch, dose to the trunk of the big tree. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z By the time I reached the big tree, their voices were making the bottoms ring. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z We keep going to an empty field with a big tree in the middle. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z The men walked together to a spot beyond the second big tree and began clearing the land. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z “I saw you lying on your roof. Behind that big tree over there across the street, I politely waited for your love partner to leave.” Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Every morning as soon as she was awake Laura ran to look out of the window, and one morning she saw in each of the big trees a dead deer hanging from a branch. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes many groups joined together, especially when there was delicious ripe fruit on one big tree. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z “Percy—you have to run. Do you see that big tree?” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z The valley lies deep in the forest, beyond the big tree. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z The wind itself seemed to be angry at the big tree’s stubborn resistance. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z But then, as we watched, the big tree began to shake. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z There was a door on the side with a light burning above it so I kept walking in the shadows made by the big trees. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z I named the bottoms around it “the big tree bottoms.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I went around a really big tree all covered in moss, and there was Winn-Dixie. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z ‘I don’t like this great big tree. I don’t trust it. Hark at it singing about sleep now! This won’t do at all!’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z They wrapped the body in barkcloth and buried it under a big tree in the forest. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I looked where he was pointing and saw the two girls hiding behind a big tree on one of the grassy parts of St. Nick. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z “One time, the tsar tried to chop down that big tree. We’re pretty sure that’s where he lives. But the trees attacked the lumbermen.” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z We use a big tree with a mark on it as a target. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Kyla explains that everyone who takes home a new pet today gets to pick an ornament off the big tree. All We Can Do: a short story by T.M. Shine We came across three girls – aged about nine or 10 – under a big tree by the side of the road. Eye Spy – TV review 2013-06-28T06:00:03Z In Temple Grove, Paul encounters a gyppo logger, desperate for work, who has been hired by a shadowy corporate concern to begin felling the big trees. ‘Temple Grove’: war over Olympic Peninsula’s old trees 2013-05-22T23:10:19Z One of the longest beach hikes in the San Juan Islands; walk beneath bluffs of big trees along boat-busy Upright Channel to sandy Flat Point. 5 autumn hikes in the San Juans and Gulf Islands 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z Soon lost, the despondent trio chance upon a big tree with a strange door high up in its trunk. Review | Before Tolkien created hobbits, there were Snergs. And oh, how delightful they were! 2019-06-26T04:00:00Z People come to Congaree National Park for the quiet of the big trees, to see the nation’s last-of-its-kind forest and to hike the flat terrain. Among the Majestic Trees in Congaree, Slipping Into Silence 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z That field just below the Seventy-seventh-Street on-ramp, nestled beneath the big trees, is a perfect example of a patch of space that was once dust and is now prime green. “Gimme Shelter” in Central Park 2015-10-18T04:00:00Z On Efate I spot a few tarpaulins where roofs should be and some big trees down but the capital’s recovery appears very much on track. Vanuatu's Espiritu Santo, where paradise is a leaky canoe without a paddle 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z The title comes from a West African proverb popularized by Bob Marley: “If you are a big tree, we are a small axe.” Steve McQueen unveils an anthology of racism and resistance 2020-10-02T04:00:00Z But tied he was, face first, to a big tree, Perspective | Gene Weingarten: These jokes-as-poems are rude and cheeky, by design 2019-07-15T04:00:00Z To celebrate, we went to Daley Plaza and watched them light the big tree. David Sedaris: The IHOP Years 2017-04-15T04:00:00Z Many of us live in older urban properties where big trees sit cheek by jowl with homes, cars and with us. Considering trimming or getting rid of an old tree? Not so fast. 2018-01-09T05:00:00Z There wasn’t much of a trail, just a gravel road with some picnic tables under big trees dripping with old man’s beard. On the ‘Wild’ Movie Trail in Oregon 2014-12-05T05:00:00Z In Arizona, breeding trogons tend to nest in the cavities of big trees like sycamores that grow in riparian zones, which have streams or rivers. A Birding Adventure in Arizona’s ‘Sky Islands’ 2021-06-15T04:00:00Z The big trees, the neighborhood dogs, the thrill of winning his first prize — a toy dump truck — for some long-forgotten achievement at his Montessori school. Boris Johnson, London’s lively mayor, writes about Churchill and muses about his future Workers spoke about every curve and big tree as though they were in their home neighborhood. On New Zealand’s Stunning West Coast, the Beauty Doesn’t Stop 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z My classmates and I were each handed an illustration of a big tree that had labels for us to fill in. Our Bond Was Thicker Than Blood 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z The beaver built a couple of lodges and knocked down a couple of big trees. When the Bronx Was a Forest: Stroll Through the Centuries 2020-08-05T04:00:00Z The holidays are a great time of year to decorate the house with a bunch of lights and a big tree. Preventing Christmas decoration fires can stop millions in property damage every year 2021-12-11T05:00:00Z It’s the time of year for big trees, a sneaky kiss with Santa, and Christmas traditions that prove celebrities are just, but also not at all, like us. See How Celebrities Are Celebrating Christmas 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z And though we can’t take the big trees, we can take seedlings of the tulip poplars, sassafras and cedars that pop up along the hedge. When moving means uprooting 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z When a big tree is dug from a wholesale nursery, it leaves most of its roots at that nursery. 15 Really Dumb Gardening Mistakes 2010-03-18T00:06:00Z Drums and trumpet and bass … it's like a big tree of goodies. Miles Davis: 'Coltrane was a very greedy man. Bird was, too. He was a big hog' – a classic interview from the vaults 2012-11-06T13:26:00Z “You don’t have to call an Uber XL to transport your big tree home,” she said. You Can Pay People to Style Your Houseplants 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z It started as a little seed and grew into this great big tree with a lot of branches. Vindication for 2013 Rock Hall of Fame inductees 2012-12-11T19:27:09Z Small trees, big trees, young trees, old trees, native trees, exotics: It does not matter to a mother cicada driven to perpetuate her species. The cicadas are gone, but they left their mark on trees. Here’s what you can do. 2021-08-03T04:00:00Z Take out the big trees, take out the animals. T Magazine: Send in the Clouds 2011-11-18T13:08:53Z On one stage, half the crowd's view was hindered by a few big trees. Searing sets save Made in America L.A. 2014-09-01T04:00:00Z The films, themselves, became a collective; the title references a West African proverb popularized by Bob Marley: “If you are the big tree/ We are the small axe/ Ready to cut you down.” In McQueen’s ‘Small Axe,’ an epic of West Indian heritage 2020-11-17T05:00:00Z “We definitely design trails to go around big trees, boulders, a stream. If you deviate from the path, it takes you away from the experience we want you to have,” he said. On your next hike, spare a thought for the trail builders who made it possible 2021-09-15T04:00:00Z In 1907, he left Rodin's studio saying "Nothing grows under big trees". Romanian govt to buy Brancusi sculpture despite failure of subscription 2016-10-12T04:00:00Z It promises a homecoming, a connection, a refuge: “I am the root, I am the leaf/I am the big tree you grew beneath,” Meath sings. Sylvan Esso’s New Album of Electro-pop Challenges All Expectations 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z On average, a tree will sequester 50 pounds of carbon per year — small trees, less; big trees, more. There’s an environmental superhero growing near you 2017-04-12T04:00:00Z The group's current focus is the climate crisis and the importance of leaving big trees in the ground for carbon, while creating good jobs. The fight to save our off-the-grid forest home 2022-01-30T05:00:00Z They had two children and bought a house in a neighborhood of big trees and two-car garages in Sherman Oaks. Fallen from the middle class: 60, living in an RV and fighting to be housed 2023-10-03T04:00:00Z Over the next nine years, he became a quantitative forest ecologist while continuing to discover big trees. Seattle’s ‘Big Tree Bob’ measures the world’s tallest trees 2023-09-01T04:00:00Z Van Pelt, 64, has built a reputation as a preeminent big tree authority by bushwhacking deep into forests and scaling giants taller than the Statue of Liberty to study and sketch them. Seattle forest ecologist/artist doesn't mind suffering for his work 2023-09-01T04:00:00Z "I'm seeing a lot more trees down. And there's a big tree that just fell over there, and I probably shouldn't be out here." Tropical Storm Hilary releases fury on Southern California 2023-08-21T04:00:00Z He watched countless hours of YouTube videos, mostly in Japanese, to teach himself how to carve by hand and copy the marks for the joints from a big tree stump. 'Wind phones': The power of a one-way phone call to cope with grief 2023-08-19T04:00:00Z "We would not cut down the big trees," says one lumberjack who refuses to reveal his name because he is operating in a protected forest. Burning mangrove trees for a living: 'I'd quit tomorrow if I could' 2023-08-14T04:00:00Z “I have never understood why Bob was obsessed with big trees,” says Earle, who lives near Olympia. Seattle’s ‘Big Tree Bob’ measures the world’s tallest trees 2023-09-01T04:00:00Z Sands had his cellphone — it was perched on a rock beneath a big tree. Boots. Bones. An ID with a familiar face. Hikers who found Julian Sands tell their story 2023-08-10T04:00:00Z Passersby stopped to appreciate the giant’s bountiful shade, and mourn other big trees they’d recently lost. Big Seattle tree spared from axe — for now — as neighbors, tribe rally 2023-07-14T04:00:00Z Within the project footprint, crews thinned big trees to prevent fire from leaping from treetop to treetop, and masticated — or ground up — smaller trees and surface vegetation to keep flames closer to the ground. Anger builds after controlled burn badly damages California sequoias 2023-07-12T04:00:00Z Removing the big trees from the banks also can take away the stability those roots provided. Salmon parks: Inside a movement to conserve Pacific Northwest old growth 2023-02-19T05:00:00Z Scientists had not devoted much research to big trees before Van Pelt and Sillett’s group started climbing them to enter a new world of plant and animal life. Seattle’s ‘Big Tree Bob’ measures the world’s tallest trees 2023-09-01T04:00:00Z “When you see those pictures of ancient forests, big trees and they’re passing signals to each other, it just hasn’t been tested.” Do Trees Really Support Each Other through a Network of Fungi? 2023-02-13T05:00:00Z It was an opportunity to honor the tree and discuss ways to preserve other big trees in the city. Big Seattle tree spared from axe — for now — as neighbors, tribe rally 2023-07-14T04:00:00Z “An astonishing number of these big trees go toes up in these big storms.” Hell and High Water: California’s Wild Weather Uproots Trees, Strains State 2023-01-06T05:00:00Z Post-fire logging, which is done in forests all over the world, is prevalent the western United States, where there's a large amount of federally owned land, a lot of big trees, and frequent fires. Learning to love — and protect — burned trees 2022-12-25T05:00:00Z He also gets assistance from his daughter Krista, who wraps strings of lights around one of the big trees in the yard. A holiday lights display was better than a résumé for this Silicon Valley exec 2022-12-23T05:00:00Z "There was nowhere to take cover, no big trees or anything," says Min Naing, another son. Myanmar: 'If I get the first shot, I will kill you son’ 2022-12-22T05:00:00Z “There’s a big tree that survived this,” Churchill said, pointing to the pine. Scientists: Thinning, prescribed burns helped forest during 2021 fire 2022-11-06T04:00:00Z Arlene and Robert Grafilo fled to Centre 200 with their children, ages 3 and 10, after a big tree toppled on their duplex apartment. Canadian military to help clean up Fiona’s devastation 2022-09-24T04:00:00Z And when she dies, she would like to be reborn, she says, as a big tree. ‘Magic in Her Hands.’ The Woman Bringing India’s Forests Back to Life 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z Seattle would retain the ecological benefits of our established urban forest, and the residents of the future homes would enjoy the health benefits of living close to big trees. Housing shortage: Build, but also retain trees 2022-08-10T04:00:00Z “The Oak fire is burning in areas that have had big trees removed and lots of moderate and small trees brought in, and that homogeneity is going to make it worse,” Stephens said. Two California fires in the Sierra Nevada have very different outcomes. Why? 2022-07-30T04:00:00Z As news of California’s big trees continued, a different sequoia’s bark was stripped and sent to another exhibition in New York, this one titled, “Vegetable Wonders of the Gold Regions.” Yosemite’s Grizzly Giant has seen a lot. Now, fire threatens the iconic tree. 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z The grove closed in July 2015 to improve hydrology for the big trees and the visitor experience at the site, according to a park announcement Thursday. Yosemite fire threatening historic sequoias first protected by Abraham Lincoln 2022-07-10T04:00:00Z Prof Rout says there's an urgent need to stop the felling of big trees, especially near rivers as the roots of these trees have a lot of capacity to hold water. Assam: India floods destroy millions of homes and dreams 2022-06-20T04:00:00Z "During the time of our forefathers, we had big trees but sadly what we have now are just small trees and we don't even allow them to mature before we cut them," Marigi said. In Nigeria's disappearing forests, loggers outnumber trees 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z You start pondering that big tree in your neighborhood, things happen. It’s Seattle. They can’t help being literal tree-huggers 2022-05-16T04:00:00Z Occasionally when burials were discovered, the excavators gathered under a big tree and talked through the process to ensure everyone was heard, according to Dr. Byrd. New DNA Analysis Supports an Unrecognized Tribe’s Ancient Roots in California 2022-04-12T04:00:00Z “A big tree had just fallen down,” he said. Perspective | Firing up the chain saw to create public art in Prince George’s County 2022-04-18T04:00:00Z "I feel that this is a big tree, solidly rooted into a land, and it cannot be pulled out." South Asian diaspora recall gnawing loneliness in post-war Britain 2022-04-09T04:00:00Z For some, it’s big tree farms for carbon storage and timber. Tree Planting Is Booming. Here’s How That Could Help, or Harm, the Planet. 2022-03-14T04:00:00Z Wright grew up amid industrial timberlands of the Olympic Peninsula and watched the big trees, birds and other wildlife disappear in a third round of clear-cutting trees harvested at 35- to 40-year rotations. The Pacheedaht people finally started making money from Vancouver Island timber. Then the protesters arrived. 2022-03-13T05:00:00Z “All those trees that didn’t burn up, all those big trees on the ground, it’s all just dry fuels for it to burn up, unfortunately.” High winds topple trees and power lines, stoking fires in California 2022-01-22T05:00:00Z To harvest big trees more easily, however, the government had to build roads across Prince of Wales. This tree has stood here for 500 years. Will it be sold for $17,500? Every day in high school under the big tree in front of the school. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Ex-wild-child faces teen daughter’s questions about the past 2021-12-30T05:00:00Z Clark says that the older generation of big trees did have some advantages, such as greater resistance to diseases like fire blight. How trellises are transforming Washington’s apple orchards 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z Now most of the big trees are gone — and he wants what is left protected. The Pacheedaht people finally started making money from Vancouver Island timber. Then the protesters arrived. 2022-03-13T05:00:00Z “When a big tree comes down, plant with another big tree — not with a short-lived tree” such as a crepe myrtle, dogwood or redbud, Clement said. Across the Mid-Atlantic, giant oak trees are dying 2021-11-25T05:00:00Z “It’s really cool knowing it could be a big tree in like a thousand years,” she said. Tiny seedlings of giant sequoias rise from ashes of wildfire 2021-11-01T04:00:00Z The fire has moved through several groves of giant sequoias and damaged one of the big trees on the famed Trail of 100 Giants. New wildfire prompts evacuations in Northern California 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z One big tree on the Trail of 100 Giants was confirmed to have sustained some burning. Thousands fight wildfires threatening California’s sequoias 2021-09-22T04:00:00Z “When it was finally safe enough to step outside, all the big trees I grew up with were uprooted, and I cried,” the 23-year-old Filipino activist said. Activists ‘born into the climate crisis’ face another challenge: Fear of the future 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z Before Europeans arrived en masse, forests in this region were a patchwork of meadows and unevenly aged stands with a preponderance of big trees. A huge forest experiment aims to reduce wildfires. Can it unite loggers and environmentalists? 2021-09-15T04:00:00Z The site was thinned in 1990, removing some big trees but leaving many. Climate change, logging collide — and a forest shrinks 2021-09-15T04:00:00Z When Tatmadaw helicopters or drones swoop over the canopy, the villagers dive under boulders or big trees, witnesses said. Cold, Frightened and Armed: In Myanmar’s Jungles, a Struggling Resistance 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z “I’ve even seen a little tree growing up in a big tree,” she added. The majestic Hoh Rain Forest is one of the natural wonders of Washington state; venture in and wander 2021-08-25T04:00:00Z Timber companies make the best money by harvesting big trees, but those are the ones most resilient to fire. Could the Infrastructure Bill Make Wildfires Worse? 2021-08-11T04:00:00Z The work has illuminated the forest’s history and evolution, and has helped answer some thorny questions, such as whether some big trees that are protected should be removed. A huge forest experiment aims to reduce wildfires. Can it unite loggers and environmentalists? 2021-09-15T04:00:00Z Then logging crews returned last year and took out the remaining big trees. Climate change, logging collide — and a forest shrinks 2021-09-15T04:00:00Z The ivy is often identified in its plant form on the ground, but it can grow into a thick and hairy vine that curls around big trees and chokes out other native flora. Climate change is making poison ivy stronger and itchier 2021-07-29T04:00:00Z Most of British Columbia’s old-growth forests of big trees live only on maps, and what’s left on the ground is fast disappearing. Meet the eminent scientist, now 84, who vowed as a boy to protect Washington’s old-growth forests 2021-07-18T04:00:00Z But it takes more than just keeping the big trees to get fire resilience, said Jessica McCarty, a Miami University professor who studies wildfire. Could the Infrastructure Bill Make Wildfires Worse? 2021-08-11T04:00:00Z “That’s still hard for me, because I like big trees. But I want the right big trees.” A huge forest experiment aims to reduce wildfires. Can it unite loggers and environmentalists? 2021-09-15T04:00:00Z “But there may still be a few of the big trees standing.” Much of Opal Creek forest hit hard by Beachie Creek Fire 2021-03-06T05:00:00Z “If you are the big tree / We are the small axe / Ready to cut you down,” Marley sang in 1971. Why 'Small Axe' is the Golden Globe nominee you need to catch up on first 2021-02-28T05:00:00Z Small Axe takes its name from a Bob Marley line: “If you are the big tree, we are the small axe, ready to cut you down.” Steve McQueen’s film series Small Axe is an intimate experience 2020-11-23T05:00:00Z But the turbulence in the market is making it more difficult to commit to making big tree purchases, said Cyndi Ray, Goby’s sales manager. Fate of Oregon’s timber industry hangs in the balance 2020-09-28T04:00:00Z “These areas are all pretty big trees,” he said. Fires Scorch a Way of Life That Still Grows From the Trees 2020-09-19T04:00:00Z There’s less moisture among the ancient big trees. Climate change is affecting wildfires. But Newsom and legislators still need to do more 2020-09-17T04:00:00Z Anyone with basic mechanical, plumbing and wiring skills can handle a conversion, Mr. Laughlin said, provided that person has an engine hoist “or a big tree with a strap and a couple of friends.” Chevy’s Little Engine That Could 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z “That stand with that many big trees was developing for thousands of years,” said Todd Esque, a U.S. Mojave Desert fire destroys the heart of a beloved Joshua tree forest 2020-09-06T04:00:00Z He estimates that there are as many as 100 to 150 “multi-trunkers” on the state’s list of big trees. Some of New Hampshire’s “Big Trees” could be demoted 2020-09-05T04:00:00Z But, he said, if the project’s intention is to remove big trees, that’s “not helping at all.” Amid Pine Mountain's ancient trees, a forest 'thinning' project triggers protests 2020-08-01T04:00:00Z “This government is like a big tree full of termites. Any wind can knock it over,” said Rahmatullah Nabil, a former national intelligence director who ran for president last year. In pursuit of powerful allies, Afghan government rewards a notorious figure 2020-07-21T04:00:00Z Old, big trees are dying faster than in the past, living younger, less biodiverse forests worldwide that store less carbon. Forests Getting Younger and Shorter 2020-07-06T04:00:00Z Big trees are caught in a downward spiral: Losing the world’s big carbon sinks in old-growth forests is further stoking climate warming that is amping up all the forces particularly lethal for big trees. Death of the giants: Forests getting shorter, younger, in Northwest and elsewhere 2020-06-05T04:00:00Z Quoting the legendary Jamaican protest singer and reggae star Bob Marley, McQueen added: "'If you are the big tree, we are the small axe.' Black Lives Matter." McQueen dedicates Cannes films to George Floyd 2020-06-04T04:00:00Z One blessing was a big tree outside my window. VIRUS DIARY: A positive test, then a Mumbai hotel quarantine 2020-04-29T04:00:00Z On the bank of the river Ganges, a handful of young men are sitting in a circle under the shade of a big tree. Extreme piercing: A festival of self-inflicted pain 2020-04-17T04:00:00Z But big tree, as they say, fall hard, and after stepping in to protect teammate Claude Giroux after a hit late in the second period, Sanheim toppled like an old oak in a hurricane. NHL's shortest player picks (and wins) fight against guy who can ride all the rides at Disney World - Golf Digest 2020-02-21T05:00:00Z Her lab at the Conservation Ecology Center at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute in Front Royal, Va., in 2015 documented how drought particularly punishes big trees in forests worldwide. Death of the giants: Forests getting shorter, younger, in Northwest and elsewhere 2020-06-05T04:00:00Z Once railroads snaked their way into the mountains in the late 1800s, the big trees were quickly plundered. Kentucky was devastated for decades by mountaintop removal. Now scientists have figured out a way to undo the damage — one tree at a time. 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z The family logged the mountain land, opened a short-lived ski operation and developed a small resort community called Sequoia Crest among the big trees. Group raises nearly $16 million to buy Alder Creek giant sequoia grove 2020-01-08T05:00:00Z Two big trees were cut down, freshening up the corner and opening a view to the new façade and signage. Boxer Crawford buys Omaha building, sells athletic gear 2019-12-14T05:00:00Z Where the big tree once was, a dozen new saplings are planted to keep the forest going. Los Angeles: 25 dazzling facts about what just might be the world’s tallest Christmas tree 2019-12-13T05:00:00Z “I don’t want a bunch of small trees. We need to find spaces for big trees.” ‘Turn Off the Sunshine’: Why Shade Is a Mark of Privilege in Los Angeles 2019-12-01T05:00:00Z “I like the houses that have older trees, big trees.” In Lake Ridge, Va., a planned community comes into its leafy glory 2019-11-13T05:00:00Z My best friend Art and I stood in the quad at our usual lunch spot: near the fountain, under the big trees. Prop. 187 forced a generation to put fear aside and fight. It transformed California, and me 2019-10-29T04:00:00Z People were parking their cars on the roots of the big trees. Yosemite's Sequoias have a vital message. Listen to them, urges Terry Tempest Williams 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z They married two months later and planned for a delayed wedding bash, in Texas, naturally, ideally in an open field with a big tree, maybe on their five-year anniversary. Mourning love of her life, war widow prepares for their baby 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z It curved around a big tree, landed on the green and spun sideways nearly into the cup. Upgrade your sand game - Golf Digest 2019-09-20T04:00:00Z The remaining big trees provide critical habitat for brown bears, Sitka black-tailed deer, a bird of prey called the Northern Goshawk and other species, he added. Trump pushes to allow new logging in Alaska’s Tongass National Forest 2019-08-27T04:00:00Z The remaining big trees provide critical habitat for black bear, Sitka black-tailed deer, a bird of prey called the Northern Goshawkand other species, he added. Trump pushes to allow new logging in Alaska’s Tongass National Forest 2019-08-27T04:00:00Z Santa Cruz to imagine the outlines of a timber industry built around small trees, rather than the big trees that lumber companies love but the forest can’t spare. A Trailblazing Plan to Fight California Wildfires 2019-08-19T04:00:00Z Mark Steinberg, agent of Tiger Woods, is under the big tree, and I wedge myself between a conversation to make the introduction. From a jail cell to Amen Corner, Valentino Dixon’s improbable journey continues - Golf Digest 2019-04-13T04:00:00Z Located alongside the river, on a gentle slope, it was a prime candidate for producing big trees. The last great tree: a majestic relic of Canada's vanishing boreal forest 2019-03-05T05:00:00Z He climbed over big trees to get to the end of the road and then made his way to the nearby Walmart to wait for his son. ‘I didn’t realize I had so many friends’: Port Orchard residents see the best — and worst — in people after twister 2019-01-01T05:00:00Z Rajiv Gandhi, Indira Gandhi’s son and successor as prime minister, explained the killings at the time by saying: “When a big tree falls, the earth shakes.” Former Indian MP jailed for life over 1984 Sikh massacre 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z The season after one burn, rampant lightning fires struck the tops of big trees in the treated forest. Indigenous Californians knew how to manage wildfires better than we do now 2018-12-09T05:00:00Z “They chopped down the big trees and made it look like a desert,” she said as she sat in a new bus shelter with “China Aid” signs. Coming to Papua New Guinea: World Leaders (and 40 Maseratis) 2018-11-12T05:00:00Z “From far away you can see this big tree and next to this big tree is a home, and it’s my home.” Across Senegal, the Beloved Baobab Tree Is the ‘Pride of the Neighborhood’ 2018-09-30T04:00:00Z That is, until you look at it through Google Earth and discover Campbell County, population 55,000, is one big tree farm. Driving the Biggest, Baddest Firetruck in America 2018-08-31T04:00:00Z Decades of active fire suppression prevented the natural, low-intensity fires that burn along the ground, clearing the forest floor while leaving big trees to continue growing. Editorials from around Oregon 2018-08-22T04:00:00Z Environmental groups have long argued that the logging industry has used fire as an excuse to plunder forests, cutting big trees and leaving behind only small, unmarketable timber. Where there’s smoke, there’s a liar 2018-08-12T04:00:00Z “We have big trees behind us, too. We’re always scared,” said Don Harris, 74. ‘A water hose in the sky’: Days of torrential rain bring flooding, sinkholes and a possible tornado 2018-07-24T04:00:00Z Bounded roughly by Goldsboro Road to the north, Massachusetts Avenue to the southwest, and River Road and Cromwell Drive to the east, Wood Acres is characterized by its hilly, narrow streets and big trees. In Bethesda, a neighborhood holds on to its ‘throwback’ feel 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z “It has cut out whole generations of reproduction of big trees by killing the seedlings,” Chambers said. Sugar pines to stand on scorched patch of Ashland forest 2018-03-26T04:00:00Z She says the group continued their journey by car and only stopped by a "big tree". Freed Nigerian girls kidnap ordeal in their own words 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z Down the street, a merlin — a small, sleek falcon — reposed atop one of the last big trees left on the block. A day with Seattle bird counters reveals a wonderland of nature — amid dog parks, neighborhoods and urban playfields 2018-01-01T05:00:00Z It is a place resplendent with sweet spots: big trees, quiet stretches of beach, meadows, ponds and streams. A vast new green jewel for the region in largest-ever community campaign led by Forterra 2017-12-26T05:00:00Z “We never wanted to be a big tree farm we just want a little niche.” Nebraska tree farmers still impacted by 2012 drought 2017-12-22T05:00:00Z As far as logging goes, Douville said when he was young the island was filled with big trees. Prince of Wales hunters blame wolves for poor deer season 2017-12-20T05:00:00Z "We continued our journey until we got to a place with a big tree. They stopped and we were asked to cook food. It was dark, so they put on lamps," Larai said. Freed Nigerian girls kidnap ordeal in their own words 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z Polish scientists worked to protect the least spoiled area of forest with the greatest density of big trees, first as a nature reserve and then as a national park in 1932. Beetles are ravaging Europe’s oldest forest. Is logging the answer? 2017-12-05T05:00:00Z For big trees often get in the way of big projects. Florida editorial roundup 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z A big tree next to the pool went up in flames. Couple survived 6 hours in pool as wildfire burned their neighborhood down 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z “It's like in a forest; the little plants won't grow until the big tree is cut down,” he says. A quantum pioneer unlocks matter’s hidden secrets 2017-09-26T04:00:00Z The blaze burned low-level brush and left scorch marks on some big trees that survived, said Cheryl Chipman, a fire information officer. Wind-whipped wildfires bear down on Glacier, Yosemite parks 2017-09-05T04:00:00Z But there’s a wall of exposed brick and a balcony brushed by a big tree. In Kelly Devine’s Apartment, Even the Furniture Has to Audition 2017-09-01T04:00:00Z If you don’t get your fill of big trees here, stop off at the half-mile-long Shadow of the Sentinels interpretive trail a few miles to the south on Baker Lake Drive. Early-season hikes near Mount Baker? Try lovely Baker Lake 2017-06-21T04:00:00Z In colonial times, she notes, big trees served as landmarks for surveyors. In ‘Witness Tree,’ a writer spends a year exploring a red oak’s changes 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z And when you go out in front of the clubhouse where they sit under the big trees, you see the famous faces from days gone by. Masters 2017: Fifty years of the BBC at Augusta 2017-04-05T04:00:00Z “Fires will be easier to control now because of the reduced fuel load. They don’t have the big trees to battle and it is easier to fight a grass fire than a forest fire.” Gyp Hills shows revival after wildfire 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z On the eighth hole of the Waste Management Phoenix Open, Mickelson missed the fairway left off the tee, leaving him to navigate a big tree from the rough for his approach shot: Today in Phil Mickelson doing Phil Mickelson things: A birdie from the trees - Golf Digest 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z As Seattle grows denser, Mrs. Turnbull also argued passionately for the value of big trees, and for protecting and increasing the city’s urban tree cover. Plant Amnesty founder Cass Turnbull dies at 65 2017-01-30T05:00:00Z “There are a whole lot of little trees that will never become big trees,” says Shannon Downey, who is overseeing the project studies. Thinning project pitched to save big pines in Oregon forest 2016-12-05T05:00:00Z She said she wants the forest to remain in public hands so that future generations will know what a big tree looks like. This land is your land? The battle over a state-owned forest 2016-11-20T05:00:00Z Parks and Recreation Director Donnie Cook says retired forester and city tree commission chairman Dave Powell suggested submitting the information to a big tree registry. Pendleton home to state’s largest hackberry tree 2016-11-02T04:00:00Z Matthew swept through Oct. 7-10, knocking down big trees and blowing green nuts to the ground. Georgia could have good pecan crop despite Hurricane Matthew 2016-10-29T04:00:00Z The Berenstain Bears are always facing up to new challenges, but their lives — in that big tree house down the sunny dirt road — never change much. How the Berenstain Bears Found Salvation 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z “The house, the big trees, the workshop are all gone, leveled and hauled away. It is hard to see that the place I lived at for so long is no longer there.” EXCHANGE: Seneca man lost home in tornado; finds new friends 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z Greenlawn these days is true to its name: Its slightly hilly landscape is lush and green, well-manicured and watched over, shaded by a few big trees. Indiana’s first public cemetery established 228 years ago 2016-09-11T04:00:00Z “The big tree is nature’s forest masterpiece and, so far as I know, the greatest of living things.” The essential guide to all 59 U.S. national parks 2016-08-15T04:00:00Z A second gold medal would have been a big tree, but just a tree nonetheless. The agony of Jordan Burroughs’s Olympic defeat 2016-08-19T04:00:00Z The state’s first big tree registry was completed in 1993 and included 34 specimens. Enthusiasts search tall and wide for state’s champion trees 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z There also was something really nice about feeling small next to a big tree, she said. Students’ trek ‘a reset for the human spirit’ as National Park Service turns 100 2016-07-29T04:00:00Z Rabb yearned to do more challenging work, custom tattoo art, and he missed the big trees of the Pacific Northwest. Court paves way for Medicaid patients to get costly hepatitis C treatment 2016-07-10T04:00:00Z To thrive, the birds require a habitat that includes pine barrens and oak forests with little growing beneath the big trees. Fading call: State works to bring back whip-poor-wills 2016-06-13T04:00:00Z A big tree sits in left-center field and aircraft engines hum beyond the concrete wall in deep center. Japanese Plant Seeds of Baseball Throughout Africa 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z The national big tree register mostly excludes non-native species, but a similar restriction in Nevada would dramatically shrink the state’s list. Enthusiasts search tall and wide for state’s champion trees 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z In Germany, severe storms over Hamburg ripped off roofs, left cellars flooded and uprooted at least 50 big trees. Europe floods: Storms and heavy rain batter continent - BBC News 2016-06-08T04:00:00Z The lake is full but the boat ramp has some big trees across it so not for a boat trailer. Lots of angling options to pursue fish along the Columbia River 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z He was one of two volunteers who measured and nominated the live oak for Virginia Tech’s big tree program six years ago. Old live Chesapeake oak tree spared from highway expansion 2016-05-22T04:00:00Z “When I plant a tree, in my mind I can see the day it’s a big tree. It’s just in my nature.” Trees more than a crop for Sweet Home logger, tree farmer 2016-05-22T04:00:00Z In 1907, he left Rodin's studio saying "Nothing grows under big trees" and created "The Meekness of the Earth" - a vulnerable, crouching female nude of primitive simplicity - later selling it to Romanian engineer Gheorghe Romascu. Romania calls on citizens to help buy Brancusi sculpture 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z A female seals herself into the cavity of a big tree with her chick for up to five months, relying on the male to provide food. These Rare Birds Are Being Slaughtered for Their 'Ivory' 2016-03-16T04:00:00Z Scott Reid, whose Twitter account identified him as a poet from Northern California, Tweeted: "The big trees/are going to be talking/about this/for some time/Ahwahnee." Yosemite landmarks set to lose famous names in 'ugly divorce' 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z There were no ornaments, “but the big tree standing there was enough.” In Celebration of Modest Christmases Past 2015-12-25T05:00:00Z “If you bought a house up there with big trees, and you moved here for those big trees, I understand the concern,” Martinez said. Colorado Editorial Roundup 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z As we went up to the mouth of the gully, I saw a teenager whistling high up in a big tree. Cockfights in the edgelands: the man who walked Mexico City's perimeter 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z Helmeted hornbills’ forests are targets for logging—a big problem because they need abundant forest to thrive—and the big trees with the best nesting cavities are often the first to be chopped down. These Rare Birds Are Being Slaughtered for Their 'Ivory' 2016-03-16T04:00:00Z Some species, such as the spotted owl, only live in big trees. Big Trees First to Die in Severe Droughts 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z Some of these animals are important for spreading seeds, helping big trees reproduce. Howler monkeys back in Rio's Tijuca park after 100 years - BBC News 2015-09-25T04:00:00Z The others made it and now are living cheerfully under a big tree on one of the backstreets of Izmir, tracking down smugglers and negotiating their passage to Greece. ‘Syria is emptying’ 2015-09-14T04:00:00Z I give them thirty-two lines of Joseph Conrad “going up that river . . . like travelling back to the earliest beginnings of the world, when vegetation rioted on the earth and the big trees were kings.” The Art of Omission 2015-09-14T04:00:00Z He looked around, seizing on subtle signs of want on the big trees, like the yellowed tips on the needles of thirsty Ponderosa pines. Dry Days Bring a Ferocious Start to the Fire Season 2015-08-01T04:00:00Z Then the son drove as fast as he could into a big tree and killed them both. Postscript: Suniti Solomon 2015-07-29T04:00:00Z Children distinguish big trees from little trees, house plants from garden plants, vines from ferns, ants from flies, ducks from songbirds, real creatures from imaginary ones. Early child development: Body of knowledge : Nature : Nature Publishing Group 2015-07-14T04:00:00Z If a big tree or ski lift got in its path, the drone wouldn't change course to avoid it. DJI just released the first consumer drone that can see and avoid obstacles 2015-06-08T04:00:00Z But the findings also highlight a longer-term trend: the die-off of California’s big trees, like the Jeffrey pine. California drought’s devastating toll: 12 million trees killed in one year 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z With big trees for nesting becoming rare, some breeding pairs choose unnatural platforms, often with power lines. Utility provides new aerie for East Texas bald eagles 2015-05-03T04:00:00Z It applies when a desperate character is waving a loaded gun, inviting “suicide by cop” — or just brandishing a big tree branch while marching on an officer. Ferguson, Mo., police begin testing new ‘less-lethal’ attachment for guns 2015-02-03T05:00:00Z "And he didn't want the big trees anyway, so why were we fighting?" Conservationists, loggers team up on forest health 2014-12-26T05:00:00Z “We tend to think that the holiday is what we see on TV or in the movies, that image of a big tree and a lot of money, gift-buying, food and family,” she said. Coping with mental illness or loss during holiday season 2014-12-26T05:00:00Z Years ago, he used to sell dozens of big trees — he spread his arms wide for emphasis — to families at Christmastime. In Iraq, Traditions of Christmas Found Only in Memory 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z Koontz said he’s also selling more big trees, which tower between 12 and 16 feet tall. Christmas tree farmers look to younger generation 2014-11-29T05:00:00Z I think with fond memories of the big tree that grew in my grandmother’s yard, with branches that were the perfect size for switches. The racial parenting divide: What Adrian Peterson reveals about black vs. white child-rearing 2014-09-16T04:00:00Z They are among the lucky ones in their neighborhood, where big trees are scarce — and continue to fall to the saw. A fight for urban trees: Seattle’s wealthier neighborhoods leafier 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z But on the redwood range’s southern and eastern edges, which are warmer and drier, scientists are documenting changes in the big trees. Tall, Ancient and Under Pressure 2014-08-11T04:00:00Z This fisher was probably looking for a place to hide for the day, either down a hole or up a big tree. On a Bronx Street, a Long-Absent Weasel Returns to the City 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z “We didn’t want big trees, because it would block too much light, but we still wanted to create a sense of privacy,” Mr. Stillman said. At Luxury Buildings, a Garden Off Limits to All, Even the Residents 2014-06-16T04:00:00Z "Three trees fell on her house, one which flattened my car port and two cars and almost every big tree in her neighborhood was felled," Bristow said. U.S. storm system kills 19, tornado hits Mississippi city 2014-04-29T00:23:51Z Whether it’s a state or national program, there’s a formula for big trees. Champion trees come in all sizes 2014-04-11T16:02:23Z Climate change is one of a host of complex factors in the health of big trees. Tall, Ancient and Under Pressure 2014-08-11T04:00:00Z There’s a fascinating paper in Nature finding that big trees continue to grow fast even as they grow old. Dot Earth Blog: If Old Humans Grew Like Old Trees, Stand Back 2014-01-15T19:43:40Z The net result is a loss of understory plants — the young trees, ferns and wildflowers that grow in the spaces between big trees. Invasive Earthworms Harm Forests Near the Great Lakes 2013-10-29T19:15:02.280Z As the hemlocks die off, other trees which may not provide the same ecosystem service could move into the regions the big trees once inhabited. Hemlock Extinction Looms over Tennessee Forests 2013-10-11T18:15:05.630Z These “memorials” are “forgetorials”; they do not inform the visitors of the chillingly sinister justification provided by Mr. Gandhi for the Sikh pogrom: “The ground does shake when a big tree falls.” India Ink: Thomas Bernhard in New Delhi 2013-07-22T13:05:57Z Preservation efforts are hampered by the fact that so little is known about big trees, from their root systems to how they die. Tall, Ancient and Under Pressure 2014-08-11T04:00:00Z It swirls a little bit in these big trees and it's hard to pull a club sometimes. Tiger and Rory inseparable at U.S. Open 2013-06-14T23:14:58Z At the desolate end of Kissam Avenue, at least a half-dozen homes have vanished, leaving only their foundations and a tire swing hanging from a big tree. Sandy-struck New Yorkers seek home buyouts 2013-05-05T13:44:24Z "Under the big tree," as the man in charge of the media had put it, just before passing round slices of apricot tart. Roy Hodgson prepares England for the 'dog fight' after San Marino romp 2013-03-23T19:10:29Z A few days later, Prime Minster Rajiv Gandhi, a Cambridge dropout, used really bad physics to justify the pogrom: When a big tree falls, the earth shakes. India Ink: Thomas Bernhard in New Delhi 2013-07-22T13:05:57Z As the climate changes, so do conditions in which sequoias and other big trees grow. Tall, Ancient and Under Pressure 2014-08-11T04:00:00Z Keeping the veranda's big trees on life support. Dan Jenkins: The Master Does The Masters 2013-03-14T04:00:00Z "But when the big trees are gone, the little trees are sort of released from certain growth restraints imposed by the older trees," he said. Green Blog: After a Die-Off, Small Trees Protect Watershed 2013-01-18T20:41:12Z A 30-year study of Mountain Ash in Australia showed that big trees were dying at 10 times the normal rate in years when there wasn't a big fire. Mystery of the disappearing trees 2012-12-19T09:09:35Z Rajiv Gandhi himself shrugged this off by saying that "when a big tree falls, the ground shakes". Is Narendra Modi a Step Closer to Being India's Next Prime Minister? 2012-12-21T03:05:24Z As well as logging and farming, humans are also introducing new species that are proving deadly to big trees. Mystery of the disappearing trees 2012-12-19T09:09:35Z No matter how small an axe, you can always bring down a big tree. Athletics: Bahamas end U.S. 4x400 dominance 2012-08-10T23:35:54Z "On great ground, unless you're lucky, the big tree is in the wrong place and the stream doesn't bend exactly the way you want it to." The Essential Pete Dye 2012-08-02T04:00:00Z She said they should concentrate on finding space for a smaller number of very big trees. 'Green streets can cut pollution' 2012-07-18T13:38:27Z Massive mammals known as gomphotheres once ranged the Americas, distributing big tree seeds as they roamed. Rodent thieves 'forest saviours' 2012-07-17T07:38:45Z A 30-year study of Mountain Ash in Australia showed that big trees were dying at ten times the normal rate in years when there wasn't a big fire. Mystery of the disappearing trees 2012-12-19T09:09:35Z With its big trees chopped down long ago for plantations and its small farms cleared last year, the tract resembles a gravelly lunar landscape. Earthquake Relief Where Haiti Wasn’t Broken 2012-07-06T02:26:54Z “It hit the big tree and I think it stayed up there because no one heard it or saw it come down,” Mickelson said. U.S. Open: 2012 U.S. Open: Woods Plays With Precision 2012-06-15T01:26:20Z The presence of big trees in Yosemite declined by about 25 percent from the 1930s to the 1990s, a worrisome trend whose cause scientists don’t yet understand. Green Blog: Safeguarding Massive Trees, Champs of the Ecosystem 2012-05-05T15:07:09Z Tell me when you see the large white rock, or the big tree; but I don't much think you will be able to see that to-day, but keep a sharp look-out for the rock.' I've Been Thinking; or, the Secret of Success 2012-04-18T02:00:11.437Z Hearing a turmoil at the foot of the big tree, where the dogs, old bear and two cubs were engaged in a general melee, I also thought it best to ‘get up a tree.’ Blazing The Way True Stories, Songs and Sketches of Puget Sound 2012-04-03T02:00:30.677Z Sequoia gigantea, or 'big tree' of California 200 feet to 325 feet. Australian Pictures Drawn with Pen and Pencil 2012-04-02T02:00:28.873Z "Little things that grow around the big tree where it is wetter, we picked for our furniture," Love said at once. A Pilgrim Maid A Story of Plymouth Colony in 1620 2012-04-02T02:00:24.090Z If I’m not very much mistaken there’s a hut over there, see, by that big tree—no, no, you simps, the big one with the wild grape vine twisted all over it. Bert Wilson, Wireless Operator 2012-03-27T02:00:19.467Z The old woman, by her magic art, burns great piles of big trees in two or three minutes, while a handful of sunflower roots is beyond her power and keeps the fire alive for years. Creation Myths of Primitive America In relation to the Religious History and Mental Development of Mankind 2012-03-13T02:00:25.633Z So they looked for a place in which they could sit and take shelter until the rain was over, and they found a very big tree with a large hollow in it. Black Tales for White Children 2012-02-28T03:00:29.837Z For years it was believed that Nature had done her utmost in the big trees of California, but experts and visitors admit that this belief must be abandoned. Australian Pictures Drawn with Pen and Pencil 2012-04-02T02:00:28.873Z Once the road from Eltham to Woolwich was a grassy lane with hedges and big trees in the hedges, and wild pinks and Bethlehem stars, and ragged robin and campion. Wings and the Child or, the Building of Magic Cities 2012-02-26T03:00:14.933Z Thus absorbed, she did not watch where she was going, and a sprawling root from a big tree tripped her unexpectedly and brought her to her knees on the soft lawn. The Camp Fire Girls' Larks and Pranks or, The House of the Open Door 2012-02-21T03:00:19.740Z And there, hanging from the low branch of a big tree, in company with several Indian babies, swung Seaborn.” Little Friend Lydia 2012-02-14T03:00:25.563Z Under the shade of a big tree, the score board flashed forth in white letters, “Archery Day.” The Twins in the South 2012-02-13T03:00:16.113Z At Loutit Bay Waterfalls, the ocean and the big trees are all brought together, and to reach this favoured and favourite spot the coach must be utilised. Australian Pictures Drawn with Pen and Pencil 2012-04-02T02:00:28.873Z We walked about the Park a little after breakfast; it was delightful under the big trees, and then mounted our coach again and went back by Hurlingham to see a polo match. Letters of a Diplomat's Wife 1883-1900 2012-02-12T03:00:13.210Z The Captain, tying ropes into the branches of the big tree just outside of the window, looked in and admired the scene. The Camp Fire Girls' Larks and Pranks or, The House of the Open Door 2012-02-21T03:00:19.740Z Mat carefully searched in the grass, and round the roots of the big tree, whose branches brushed against the very window-sill, and which knew the answer to the puzzle if only they could tell. Little Friend Lydia 2012-02-14T03:00:25.563Z He remembered now that Harding had told him of some big trees that were in the gully when a gang of bushrangers, who had made the place their home, had been broken up. The Bushranger's Secret 2012-02-09T03:00:14.847Z They made their way toward the tallest of these, a very big tree, one that it would have taken Bobby quite a little while to go around. Father Bear and Bobby Bear 2012-02-03T03:00:18.280Z Some beautiful botanical gardens, containing big trees, all grown in the space of twenty-seven years, were inspected, and a visit paid to Government House, which stands in pleasant, shady grounds. Down Under With the Prince 2012-01-29T03:00:07.103Z It was quite a big tree, and when I got around he wasn't there. Delilah of the Snows 2012-01-23T03:00:09.087Z “I work all day and pull weeds, but like to sleep little bit by the big trees, sometimes.” The Girl Scouts at Rocky Ledge Nora's Real Vacation 2012-01-20T03:00:14.427Z There are lots of big tree branches lying around. Bert Wilson at the Wheel 2012-01-14T03:00:19.827Z Perhaps this, as well as the root of the big tree had been one of the causes of Bobby's stumbling when he went to give his father the big brown jar. Father Bear and Bobby Bear 2012-02-03T03:00:18.280Z This was close against a big tree, and he felt that, with his back to this, he was, in some measure, protected; at least from an attack in the rear. The White Crystals Being an Account of the Adventures of Two Boys 2012-01-13T03:00:11.507Z "They've chopped a big tree right across the trail," he said. Delilah of the Snows 2012-01-23T03:00:09.087Z "What a lovely little town it was—under the big trees." The Crux 2012-01-12T03:00:12.630Z “Oh, the other fellow has just stepped aside to look at the big trees,” he explained. Frank Merriwell's Alarm Doing His Best 2011-12-30T03:00:28.567Z A long way off, among those big trees about Tillyra Castle. Where There is Nothing Being Volume I of Plays for an Irish Theatre 2011-12-21T03:00:25.100Z His voice vibrated like a wind in big trees. The Wolves of God And Other Fey Stories 2011-12-17T03:00:15.447Z They're busting big trees, and just breaking down with the finest crop ever known, and with never a single fellow brave enough up to this time to go there and gather the harvest. The Hickory Ridge Boy Scouts: Under Canvas or, The Hunt for the Cartaret Ghost 2011-12-15T03:00:13.703Z Accordingly, the lads made a cautious approach, but there was no sign of a man, or any one else near the big tree. Bart Keene's Hunting Days or, The Darewell Chums in a Winter Camp 2011-12-11T03:00:12.153Z The big tree across the road, which cut through its giant trunk, was a source of wonder and delight to them. The Stronger Influence 2011-12-02T03:00:23.630Z It was just the house for her: low and white, under a big tree, on the side of a brook-threaded hill, a little apart from the village. Atlantic Narratives Modern Short Stories 2011-12-01T03:00:20.193Z It was quite a big tree, and he found that he could so lean against it that it would serve as a very tolerable barrier against the wind at his back. A Hero of Romance 2011-11-30T03:00:11.457Z The upper sketch shows the same big tree by the stream, and the lower right sketch has been taken from the left side of the large picture. Text Books of Art Education, Book IV (of 7) 2011-11-29T03:00:14.593Z Frank, you cut some branches from that hemlock, and make cots under that big tree over there. Bart Keene's Hunting Days or, The Darewell Chums in a Winter Camp 2011-12-11T03:00:12.153Z If they are, I'd better tell you that the favorite amusement in this country is chopping down big trees. The Boy Ranchers of Puget Sound 2011-11-24T03:00:42.877Z We are here in Sequoia National Park and those big trees are sequoias, members of the pine-tree family. The Adventures of a Grain of Dust 2011-11-22T03:00:12.257Z I want your daughter to go around to all the big trees and find me all the feathers she can of large birds, not of small birds, and bring them here. Aw-Aw-Tam Indian Nights Being the myths and legends of the Pimas of Arizona 2011-11-21T03:00:13.817Z So the lad began to search for a place for himself, and came to a big tree which was not very far from his mother’s chosen spot. Fetichism in West Africa Forty Years' Observations of Native Customs and Superstitions 2011-11-18T03:00:28.907Z So they are, from here," agreed Dot; "but if we were on the other side of the river we would find them to be big trees. Dot and Tot of Merryland 2011-11-12T03:00:34.677Z So Felix set about chopping his wood in the most unconcerned way possible, after examining the bodies of his prizes, and dragging them into a row under the big tree. Rocky Mountain Boys Camping in the Big Game Country 2011-10-21T02:00:18.430Z All the bear family, except the polar bears, retire to caves or some sheltered spot under a ledge of a rock or the roots of a big tree. The Adventures of a Grain of Dust 2011-11-22T03:00:12.257Z The big trees stood scorched, their trunks blackened and the branches charred where the masses of orchids that clothed them had burned. Life in an Indian Outpost 2011-10-19T02:00:19.943Z Just you clear for me behind this big tree, and dig a trench for me to lie in, just below the level of the ground.” Fetichism in West Africa Forty Years' Observations of Native Customs and Superstitions 2011-11-18T03:00:28.907Z However, a small temple was hidden there under big trees. Strange Stories from the Lodge of Leisures 2011-10-17T02:00:17.420Z Whereupon Tom glanced around, and in consequence quickly discovered the several forms of the defunct beasts lying in a grim row under the big tree. Rocky Mountain Boys Camping in the Big Game Country 2011-10-21T02:00:18.430Z Two men couldn't get away with many of the big trees on our lot in a lifetime, and one has to light out and earn something to put the winter through. A Damaged Reputation 2011-10-17T02:00:16.117Z Wherever the big trees have been felled and the sun can reach the ground the vegetation grows more luxuriantly. Life in an Indian Outpost 2011-10-19T02:00:19.943Z I can remember rolling down a hill under a great big tree, and your Uncle Billy pushing me into the brook that ran at the foot. The Enchanted Barn 2011-10-13T02:00:50.933Z Seated at the foot of a big tree, they were laughing, when a noise came from the forest. Strange Stories from the Lodge of Leisures 2011-10-17T02:00:17.420Z Never did a ship-wrecked mariner greet port with more enthusiasm than Felix did the little old dugout under the big tree. Rocky Mountain Boys Camping in the Big Game Country 2011-10-21T02:00:18.430Z The sugar pine trunks seem like great builded columns, too large for any real tree to grow, and the "big trees" in the Mariposa Grove intensify this impression of unreality. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z Passing under a big tree a jungle fruit fell on me. Life in an Indian Outpost 2011-10-19T02:00:19.943Z There's plenty of room, and sky, and a big tree, and birds; and it only costs ten dollars a month. The Enchanted Barn 2011-10-13T02:00:50.933Z She and the twins rode on the log carriage until the big tree length was almost sawed through, and then she helped Flossie and Freddie off. The Bobbsey Twins at Cedar Camp 2011-09-30T02:00:20.203Z He appeared to be aiming for a certain spot where a big tree swept its branches down so as to brush the roof. The Outdoor Chums on the Lake Lively Adventures on Wildcat Island 2011-09-22T02:00:23.407Z Although its area is small, only 4 square miles, it contains two magnificent groves of big trees, including the famous General Grant Tree, dedicated several years ago as the Nation's Christmas Tree. Sequoia [California] National Park 2011-09-21T02:00:31.497Z A fourth said, “We’ll stop when we get to the big tree yonder.” Bluebeard 2011-09-19T02:00:13.657Z Hush, George, there's a nest in the big tree. The Enchanted Barn 2011-10-13T02:00:50.933Z Instantly every pair of eyes looked eagerly down the road and saw the fine big trees mentioned by Mrs. James. Natalie: A Garden Scout 2011-09-18T02:00:30.203Z I saw something moving up in that big tree—the one that is half dead,” came from Tom just then. The Outdoor Chums on the Lake Lively Adventures on Wildcat Island 2011-09-22T02:00:23.407Z Most of the big trees had been cut away, and only the silver birch, “the white ladies,” as old Adam had christened them, and the dogwood, mingled their shade over the smooth turf. The Automobile Girls Along the Hudson Fighting Fire in Sleepy Hollow 2011-09-18T02:00:23.270Z I also moved the cars away from any big trees. Green Blog: Hard Lessons in the Maine Woods 2011-09-14T15:58:18Z The birds had gone about their morning tasks, and only a single bright song now and then from some soloist in the big tree overhead marked the sweet-scented silence of the morning. The Enchanted Barn 2011-10-13T02:00:50.933Z There aren't any houses out there, so it's really traditional, with big trees. Golfers give Cog Hill higher marks 2011-09-14T00:09:00Z There stood a fine big tree on which the most delicious pears hung. Snowdrop and Other Tales 2011-09-12T02:00:31.553Z Sometimes big trees were snapped clean in two when the shell had made a direct hit before bursting. In the Russian Ranks A Soldier's Account of the Fighting in Poland 2011-09-11T02:00:08.747Z Then there would be such a chorus of squabbling from the big trees, that poor robin had to give up singing in disgust, and come down to have his breakfast. Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites 2011-09-08T02:00:20.773Z Their great ideal was a careful, almost painful, working out of detail; they selected subjects rich in material, masses of big trees against water, producing great effects of light and shade. The Standard Galleries - Holland 2011-09-06T02:00:08.153Z They had hardly disappeared around the first turn when a man appeared suddenly from behind a big tree and laid his hand on Jimmy’s arm. The Blue Grass Seminary Girls' Vacation Adventures Shirley Willing to the Rescue 2011-09-05T02:00:22.290Z They were sitting in front of the house under a big tree, and their Father said— ‘Now, I will put you to the test, and see what you can do.’ Snowdrop and Other Tales 2011-09-12T02:00:31.553Z A big tree stump served for a table and in a little while Fenn had a good fire built. The Heroes of the School or, The Darewell Chums Through Thick and Thin 2011-09-03T02:00:19.963Z All day long the sound of their axes rings through the forest, while they vie with each other in cutting down the big trees. Little Folks of North America Stories about children living in the different parts of North America 2011-09-01T02:00:19.377Z Gnarled growths had disappeared, and big trees had a clear space to branch abroad in freedom and grace. The Claw 2011-08-31T02:01:30.563Z Sometimes a big tree would leap out of the water, as though it had travelled upwards from the bottom, and then would vanish again. The Sea and the Jungle 2011-08-30T02:00:30.350Z So Winona took her mending and her rocker, and they sat down in the shelter of a big tree. Winona of the Camp Fire 2011-08-28T02:00:35.510Z But in that corner, behind the shapeless Portugal laurels and the patches of seeding grass, there still remains, beneath big trees, what the children used to call the "Rabbits' Villa." Limbo and Other Essays To which is now added Ariadne in Mantua 2011-08-25T02:00:33.233Z "You are the bishop now," I laughed, "not the pilchard fisher," and we went through the damp churchyard of huddled grassy mounds and crooked gravestones under the big trees of the glen. Penelope Brandling A Tale of the Welsh coast in the Eighteenth Century 2011-08-25T02:00:27.073Z The huts were built in a wide ring round a compound full of bush and big trees, and the whole camp was pitched half-way up the slope of the biggest kop. The Claw 2011-08-31T02:01:30.563Z One day, having given a group of men at work in a distant corner of the clearing some advice, I noticed a little path enter the wood beside a big tree. The Sea and the Jungle 2011-08-30T02:00:30.350Z The big tree lay in front of us; by this we crept at a respectful distance, and then approached the further end of the tree lying across it. Hunting in Many Lands The Book of the Boone and Crockett Club 2011-08-20T02:00:11.973Z So it happened that Fox found them behind a big tree, out of sight from the house, Sally contentedly crying into the doctor's coat. Concerning Sally 2011-08-19T02:00:14.430Z It was very dark about the haunted house, for big trees overshadowed it. The Girls of Central High Rivals for All Honors 2011-08-11T02:00:17.153Z So the strong chicken coop under the big tree in the back yard which had first been his prison was again his cell while his little mistress was at school. Carolyn of the Corners 2011-08-10T02:00:14.997Z From that place he cast his ladder towards a big tree in the East Main street. Tales of the Sun or Folklore of Southern India 2011-08-09T02:00:29.493Z Not twenty yards away, and near the end of the big tree where I had expected to find him, was a little spring. Hunting in Many Lands The Book of the Boone and Crockett Club 2011-08-20T02:00:11.973Z And what do you say to my garden that your two pigs had destroyed on me the year of the big tree being knocked, and they making gaps in the wall. Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays 2011-08-08T02:00:15.947Z These sounds seemed to come from the lower limbs of a big tree, and soon one of the watchers hidden in the branches stupidly struck a match to light his pipe. The Confessions of a Poacher 2011-08-05T02:00:44.470Z As he jumped on to the passing waggon he called to Jess, and she ran out of a patch of soft grass under one of the big trees behind our waggons. Jock of the Bushveld 2011-08-04T02:00:24.987Z The surface of the earth rocked, houses tumbled down, and big trees were shaken to the ground. School Reading by Grades Sixth Year 2011-07-31T02:00:11.420Z Der Halle was the name of a tavern near a big tree on the corner of Broad and Wall Street. Blue Robin, the Girl Pioneer 2011-07-28T02:00:09.363Z In between two great big tree trunks there was a cave, like a little house, a place all filled with soft moss. Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays 2011-08-08T02:00:15.947Z Sahwah taught her to swim and dive and ride a bicycle; she had the boys make a swing for her under the big tree, and Ophelia blossomed once more into happiness. The Camp Fire Girls at Onoway House or, The Magic Garden 2011-07-26T02:00:18.027Z We had rested through the heat of the day under a big tree on the bank of a little stream; it was the tree under which Soltké prayed and died. Jock of the Bushveld 2011-08-04T02:00:24.987Z He pretends to be asleep under the big tree yonder. The Cavaliers of Virginia or, The Recluse of Jamestown. Vol. II 2011-07-18T02:00:20.080Z If the wedding party traveled by land they must have made quite a clatter—riding at the reckless "planter's pace" between the big trees, shouting and singing and making the forest ring with happy sound. The Stronghold A Story of Historic Northern Neck of Virginia and Its People 2011-07-17T02:00:38.770Z My feet were continuously caught in the roots of big trees and the undergrowth tore my bleeding face and feet; and it was getting cold. Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays 2011-08-08T02:00:15.947Z Then we could climb along the ridge of the roof till we get to the farther end, where there is a big tree resting its boughs over the place. One Maid's Mischief 2011-07-15T02:00:22.283Z The big tree was a fair landmark by day, and at night we made a good fire, which owing to the position of the camp one could see from a considerable distance. Jock of the Bushveld 2011-08-04T02:00:24.987Z "I'll not fordet, the big tree——" The man rose and stood in silence seeing again the last beautiful day of their life together and forgot the swift moments. The Sins of the Father A Romance of the South 2011-07-10T02:00:23.033Z The two girls adjourned to the shade of the big tree that Yvonne had pointed out, and there for long did they compare notes and look over each other’s collections. The Red Derelict 2011-07-05T02:00:30.143Z Yes, gentlemen, them wild dogs which you would call unthinking critters, deliberately dug up that big tree with their teeth, so’s to get hold o’ me.” Tales from the Veld 2011-07-05T02:00:29.217Z The river was full of drift-wood, and we saw one big tree bearing down upon Owens full swing. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z They got away into the big trees once more, to Jock’s disappointment but greatly to my relief; for I was quite pumped from the romp and laughter. Jock of the Bushveld 2011-08-04T02:00:24.987Z Let the insects sting them, or the frosts bite them, he has big trees to absorb his attention! What and Where is God? A Human Answer to the Deep Religious Cry of the Modern Soul 2011-07-03T02:00:08.347Z Except in this year’s annual big tree hunting competition, in which volunteers try to find the largest tree in each of hundreds of species, a new redwood co-champion was added. Green: Redwood Monster Is a Co-Champ 2011-07-01T19:38:17Z He did that, an’ in the afternoon he caught me up and druv me inter a big tree. Tales from the Veld 2011-07-05T02:00:29.217Z It was the glittering Spirit Island, with big trees and high mountains. Legends of The Kaw The Folk-Lore of the Indians of the Kansas River Valley 2011-07-01T02:00:16.500Z I started up to find all just as it had been, and the sunlight beyond the big tree so glaring as to make the eyes ache. Jock of the Bushveld 2011-08-04T02:00:24.987Z "Oh, well, only let me see plenty of big trees when we come to Queensland, then I am satisfied." Missing Friends Being the Adventures of a Danish Emigrant in Queensland (1871-1880) 2011-06-15T02:00:22.810Z I just stuck my hoe into the ground and went to the spot under the big tree where he and I used to sit. The White Hecatomb And other Stories 2011-06-15T02:00:22.103Z Sonny, that’s a big tree, and it took me a fortnight to climb up.” Tales from the Veld 2011-07-05T02:00:29.217Z Had it not been for the fact that three big trees shielded our tent, I firmly believe we would have been overwhelmed. By Veldt and Kopje 2011-06-15T02:00:20.067Z The guides led us down into the bed of one of the mountain streams, and following this up we were soon in the woods where the big trees meeting overhead made it dark and cool. Jock of the Bushveld 2011-08-04T02:00:24.987Z "Yes," came the answer, "it seems all big trees." Missing Friends Being the Adventures of a Danish Emigrant in Queensland (1871-1880) 2011-06-15T02:00:22.810Z And under a big tree not far from the front of the house, it was discovered that a multitude of little toads had appeared—tiny little fellows no larger than one’s thumbnail. Ruth Fielding At Sunrise Farm What Became of the Raby Orphans 2011-06-14T02:00:19.177Z Everything that came into that circle went roun’ and roun’ till it came gently into the centre, to drift up against the big tree. Tales from the Veld 2011-07-05T02:00:29.217Z “It’s called Red Oaks—from those big trees back of the house.” Erskine Dale?Pioneer 2011-06-13T02:00:32.327Z He followed the drag mark up to the foot of a big tree and found the remains of the carcase, fully 300 pounds in weight, in a fork more than twenty feet from the ground. Jock of the Bushveld 2011-08-04T02:00:24.987Z And so they strode off to the wood, both of them; and a little way up the hill they came to a big tree. Tales from the Fjeld A Second Series of Popular Tales 2011-06-13T02:00:24.710Z Now my cabbage garden was down on the creek at a place where several big trees had come down, the spaces between being filled up with smaller timber. From Chart House to Bush Hut Being the Record of a Sailor's 7 Years in the Queensland Bush 2011-06-08T02:00:16.290Z You can see that it is no slight work to cut down such big trees with the small axes we had, such as represented in the accompanying drawing. Lost in the Jungle Narrated for Young People 2011-06-07T02:00:11.183Z Willows grew to the size of big trees, with branches so thick it was possible to walk along them. The Radio Boys Rescue the Lost Alaska Expedition 2011-06-06T02:00:10.330Z I took Jock away to the big tree near the pool: it was evident that he, too, had had enough of it for one day. Jock of the Bushveld 2011-08-04T02:00:24.987Z So they went a long way over the hill, and at last they came to a big tree, one of the finest trees for a mast in all the wood. Tales from the Fjeld A Second Series of Popular Tales 2011-06-13T02:00:24.710Z The Sequoia shown in Fig. 164 abounds at this place, and is a near relation to the celebrated “big trees” of California; the Cinnamomum in Fig. 165 is a type equally foreign from modern England. The Chain of Life in Geological Time A Sketch of the Origin and Succession of Animals and Plants 2011-06-01T02:00:24.880Z At last, after two days, six stout men, covered with fetiches and painted in the most fantastic manner, came to take the body, to leave it in the woods under some big tree. Lost in the Jungle Narrated for Young People 2011-06-07T02:00:11.183Z The shadows were black under the big tree, the tip of which touched the very high ceiling and which had just been set up in the far corner and not yet festooned. The Corner House Girls' Odd Find Where they made it, and What the Strange Discovery led to 2011-05-31T02:00:34.950Z I have heard of the so-called "big trees" of California. Latitude 19 degree A Romance of the West Indies in the Year of Our Lord Eighteen Hundred and Twenty 2011-05-30T02:00:18.047Z "Come, my brother, we will climb into this big tree," he proposed. Three Sioux Scouts 2011-05-27T02:00:18.760Z Hardly were we fairly started when a new difficulty was encountered in the form of big trees felled across the roadway. Sawdust & Spangles Stories & Secrets of the Circus 2011-05-27T02:00:18.113Z How many times he had slept at the foot of some big tree, and kept watch over his wife and baby! Lost in the Jungle Narrated for Young People 2011-06-07T02:00:11.183Z There are lots of big trees and pretty neighborhoods. My Town: Forrest Fezler's Tallahassee 2011-05-24T04:00:00Z And the great big trees he carried to the mill, and they were sawed up into boards; that is another story. The Sandman: His Farm Stories 2011-05-23T02:00:10.500Z Then it was blocked by a big tree that had toppled into it lengthwise. A Rambler's lease 2011-05-22T02:00:11.507Z Then Billy Breeze gave the big tree another shake. Little Jack Rabbit and Chippy Chipmunk 2011-05-09T02:00:03.903Z Its prey was, no doubt, taken to some big tree where it could be devoured. Lost in the Jungle Narrated for Young People 2011-06-07T02:00:11.183Z He wallowed along the bank to a place just underneath a big tree. The Giant Crab and Other Tales from Old India 2011-05-07T02:00:31.307Z There were big trees and little trees, and it took him a long time to cut down all the trees on the place where the field would be. The Sandman: His Farm Stories 2011-05-23T02:00:10.500Z The celebrated "big trees" of California are not to be confounded with the redwood described above, but belong to a different species of the same genus. North America 2011-05-05T02:00:20.027Z But some 20 minutes before the race, a storm hits Saratoga, and lightning strikes a big tree, he reported. The Rail: Some Tickets Actually Get Cashed 2011-05-04T16:52:41Z They just hanged him from the limb of a big tree by the side of the road and left the body swinging there in the air for two or three days. The Go Ahead Boys and the Mysterious Old House 2011-04-27T02:00:27.420Z There are big trees with all their roots, save one, above ground. Cuba Past and Present 2011-04-16T02:00:18.193Z But the big logs—the trunks of the big trees after the branches were cut off—he was going to take to the mill, to have them sawed into boards. The Sandman: His Farm Stories 2011-05-23T02:00:10.500Z The big trees are worthy of their name, as they are by far the largest in North America. North America 2011-05-05T02:00:20.027Z He ran and he ran, taking little thought of what was before till at last he ran up against a big tree. Celtic Folk and Fairy Tales 2011-04-15T02:00:15.367Z Bill thought he could just discern the first outlines of the big trees; then all was dark, and the amphibian roared on into the maw of black night. Bill Bolton?Flying Midshipman 2011-04-14T02:00:39.800Z From its upper branches it has cast down numerous feelers, which, in their turn, have become big trees, and so the one growth contrives to cover some four or five acres of ground. Cuba Past and Present 2011-04-16T02:00:18.193Z In the middle of the field was a big tree with long branches and a great many leaves, so that under the tree it was shady and cool. The Sandman: His Farm Stories 2011-05-23T02:00:10.500Z Reference is here made not to the "big trees," which grow in certain restricted areas on the west slope of the Sierra Nevada, but to the far more extensive forests of a related species. North America 2011-05-05T02:00:20.027Z “Well, here she is; but as you say so, we’ll give her the go-by,” the farmer called out over his shoulder, as he ran on past the big tree, standing close to the road. The Outdoor Chums on a Houseboat 2011-04-13T02:00:14.140Z Why didn’t we choose some nice sunny place with a little stream to drink out of, and one big tree for shade? Peggy Parsons at Prep School 2011-04-01T02:00:43.170Z A garden in which to rest and grow strong again, a garden in which Pansy might be wheeled along smooth walks, and lie under the spreading shade of big trees. The Daughter Pays 2011-03-19T02:00:09.513Z By the time the cows had eaten all the grass they wanted, it was hot out in the sun, and they all walked over to the big tree and got in the cool shade. The Sandman: His Farm Stories 2011-05-23T02:00:10.500Z It was only a quarter past one when she came in sight of the miller's cottage—the pretty little white-walled habitation nestling low down under big trees, which made a shelter even in winter time. The Doctor's Wife 2011-03-06T03:00:18.770Z If it was really the big tree that had been struck, what would have been their fate had they foolishly taken refuge under its wide-spreading limbs? The Outdoor Chums on a Houseboat 2011-04-13T02:00:14.140Z "I saw you going to the big tree", she explained, "so I comed too." Neighbours 2011-03-05T03:00:27.277Z The Record of the Rocks is suddenly crowded by a vast variety of woody swamp plants, many of them of great size, big tree mosses, tree ferns, gigantic horsetails and the like. A Short History of the World 2011-03-04T03:01:03.147Z When they came to that big tree, they stopped and took off all their clothes and went into the water. The Sandman: His Farm Stories 2011-05-23T02:00:10.500Z There is a great difference in the inflammability of bark, some, like that of the big trees of California, Fig. Wood and Forest 2011-03-01T03:00:42.647Z “Might get under a big tree that lies a little way ahead,” remarked Seth; “only I’ve heard it isn’t the best thing to do in a thunderstorm.” The Outdoor Chums on a Houseboat 2011-04-13T02:00:14.140Z Annancy have a big tree at the front of his house. Jamaican Song and Story Annancy stories, digging sings, ring tunes, and dancing tunes 2011-02-28T03:00:31.280Z Late in the day Aunt Dicey, who was the cook, called all us children out under the big trees and give us supper. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume XVI, Texas Narratives, Part 4 2011-02-25T03:01:11.447Z They's a big light bread oven in the yard of the big house and in front of the quarters, under a big tree. Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume XVI, Texas Narratives, Part 3 2011-02-25T03:01:02.913Z The big trees are the largest known trees in diameter, occasionally reaching in that measurement 35 feet. Wood and Forest 2011-03-01T03:00:42.647Z “Wow! excuse me!” cried Bluff, as he craned his neck to look up at the towering top of the big tree. The Outdoor Chums on a Houseboat 2011-04-13T02:00:14.140Z She cud cut down a big tree en chop off a rail length an' use a wedge an' maul an' make rails as good as anybody. Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume X, Missouri Narratives 2011-02-25T03:01:01.877Z Dere a big tree with present for everyone, white and black. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume XVI, Texas Narratives, Part 4 2011-02-25T03:01:11.447Z Mr. Robert Carroll was stood up by a big tree there at Mansfiel' and de captain, he said, "Is anybody here dat know de neighborhood?" Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume XVI, Texas Narratives, Part 3 2011-02-25T03:01:02.913Z The most remarkable in this respect are the California redwoods, the big trees, and certain eucalypts in Australia. Wood and Forest 2011-03-01T03:00:42.647Z They had almost overtaken the big tree, in the branches of which this strange little comedy, that threatened to become a tragedy at any minute, was taking place. The Outdoor Chums on a Houseboat 2011-04-13T02:00:14.140Z They led him along a trail where the fireflies were beginning to light their lamps, between the big trees, and out into short bush and sage-brush where the cranes swept overhead, crying mournfully. The Plowshare and the Sword A Tale of Old Quebec 2011-02-24T03:01:05.143Z Grandfather showed me a crack in a concrete wall of his on the farm that was made by the root of a big tree not far off.” Ethel Morton at Sweetbriar Lodge 2011-02-24T03:01:03.877Z The place ran to high walls richly suggestive of hidden gardens, overhung by big trees and pierced by secretive important looking doors. Marriage 2011-02-22T03:00:06.867Z Outside there was a garden behind and a bit of green in front, 3 and three big trees; and that is all there is to tell. The Joyous Story of Toto 2011-02-16T03:00:35.520Z After a moment he caught sight of a flock of little yellow-birds flitting round a big tree by a farmhouse on the bank. Two Years in Oregon 2011-02-16T03:00:33.293Z I have in this wide world only myself! and set a man with only a pair of hands at one of them big trees there!—see what he'll make of it! Sketches in Canada, and rambles among the red men 2011-02-10T03:00:51.280Z There the big trees were really green; one could look through the tracery at the blue sky, and forget the great city roaring at right and left, at back and front. The Oyster 2011-02-10T03:00:49.300Z She looked out on the big church and the big trees behind it against the golden quiet of a summer evening with extreme approval. Marriage 2011-02-22T03:00:06.867Z "You threatened me yesterday to your heart's content, Brother Titus, to burn my house and hang me to a big tree; and I don't care to hear anything more of it." Brother Against Brother The War on the Border 2011-02-09T03:00:46.430Z "Woman—very bright round head," might be the Blackfellow's "description" of a famous Madonna; and a Turner would be summed up as "plenty clouds—one big tree." Far Off Things 2011-02-04T03:00:19.967Z The yews were tall enough to give her their sombre background, and a group of big trees behind them helped out the unfinished garden picture. Abington Abbey A Novel 2011-01-30T03:00:14.557Z Salt drew Penny back against the bottle-shaped trunk of a big tree at the road exitway. Swamp Island 2011-01-28T03:00:22.400Z We lunched between Billy and Bessey, on a green level roadside, under some big trees, where there was a little stream which furnished our cooking water. The Car That Went Abroad Motoring Through the Golden Age 2011-01-27T03:00:39.880Z "There is another opposite the fort, near a big tree, who was hit by Levi, firing from the other side of the creek." Brother Against Brother The War on the Border 2011-02-09T03:00:46.430Z Leading from the road to the front door was a cobbly path, with lawns on each side of it, and big trees standing on the lawns, with low-spreading branches that touched the grass. Half-Past Bedtime 2011-01-23T03:00:13.247Z She sauntered through the grove toward the pond where a group of people had gathered under a big tree. The Delafield Affair 2011-01-19T03:00:21.497Z Throwing off the paralysis of fear which gripped her, Penny swung herself into the lowermost branch of the big trees. Swamp Island 2011-01-28T03:00:22.400Z “Having grown up in Manhattan,” she said, “I kind of romanticized living in this almost suburban part of the city with its Victorians, big trees and front lawns.” The Hunt: This Time Park Slope, or Close to It 2011-01-14T22:28:51Z The overseer elevated his rifle, and took deliberate aim at one of the ruffians behind a big tree, and fired. 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