From the February 8, 1936, issue

FLOWERS OF TREES

One of the difficulties is that we have eyes that see not, unless the thing looked at is really pretty big. The beauty of the complex little structures within the catkin of an oak or alder or hazel-bush is lost on us. To most of us, they are just messy things that shed pollen, or receive it from the wind and eventually make a seed or nut.