"Tree: a woody perennial plant having a single usually elongate main stem generally with few or no branches on its lower part. Etymology: Middle English, from Old English treow; akin to Old Norse tre tree, Greek drys, Sanskrit daru wood Date: before 12th century" www.merriam-webster.com

"Trees warp time." John Fowles, The Tree

"I think that I shall never see A poem lovely as a tree..."  Joyce Kilmer, 1886-1918, Trees

"When I reflect that one man, armed only with his own physical and moral resources, was able to cause this land of Canaan to spring from the wasteland, I am convinced that in spite of everything, humanity is admirable. But when I compute the unfailing greatness of spirit and the tenacity of benevolence that it must have taken to achieve this result, I am taken with an immense respect for that old and unlearned peasant who was able to complete a work worthy of God." Jean Giono,  The Man Who Planted Trees