The orange tree, whose blossoms be much loved on wedding days;
The lemon and the grape-fruit, too, are kin in many ways.
The apple and the apricot, the plum tree and the pear;
The fruits of these are sure to please somebody, anywhere.
The cedar and the hemlock, the fir and pine and spruce,
Are members of one family with wood for any use.
The cotton-wood, the willow for canoes and Indian beds;
The aspen and the poplar that rustles o’er our heads,
The hickory, the walnut, the pecan, now are all
Nut bearers in the autumn to feed us in the fall.