Trees, Part 1: Over the Oak / Under the Elm

<div class= "public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="5lu00-0-0"><strong>“grazing the top of the oak” [MUSG]</strong></div> <div class="DraftEditor-paragraphElement" data-block="true" data-editor="ffmk8" data-offset-key="av7n4-0-0"> <div class= "public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="av7n4-0-0"><span data-offset-key= "av7n4-0-0"> </span></div> </div> <div class="DraftEditor-paragraphElement" data-block="true" data-editor="ffmk8" data-offset-key="rrs7-0-0"> <div class= "public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="rrs7-0-0"><span data-offset-key="rrs7-0-0">I think that I shall never see... a Sherlock Holmes story as lovely as a tree. However, there are plenty of instances of trees in the Canon that make for interesting observation, if only we stop to look at them through the forest.</span></div> <div class= "public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="rrs7-0-0"> </div> </div> <div class="DraftEditor-paragraphElement" data-block="true" data-editor="ffmk8" data-offset-key="a91vo-0-0"> <div class= "public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="a91vo-0-0"><span data-offset-key= "a91vo-0-0">Inspired by one of Don Jewell's books, we spend some time investigating the instances of oaks and elms in the stories (far more than just "The Musgrave Ritual," we assure you) and comment on the state of these trees in Victorian times.</span></div> </div> <div class="DraftEditor-paragraphElement" data-block="true" data-editor="ffmk8" data-offset-key="f2mdo-0-0"> <div class= "public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="f2mdo-0-0"> </div> <div class= "public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="f2mdo-0-0"><span data-offset-key="f2mdo-0-0">Are you the winner of our monthly drawing (for a free back issue of the </span><span data-offset-key= "f2mdo-0-1">B</span><span data-offset-key= "f2mdo-0-2">a</