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Examples
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But a fern-leaf cannot grow into a mighty hemlock-tree.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 34, August, 1860 Various
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He discovered Jumper the Hare sitting under a little hemlock-tree and told him.
The Adventures of Lightfoot the Deer Harrison Cady 1919
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"Thief! thief! thief!" from a thick hemlock-tree near by, and the voice was just like the voice of Sammy Jay.
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But everybody forgot Sticky-toes when they heard the voice of Blacky the Crow calling "Caw, caw, caw!" from the very same hemlock-tree.
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The voice seemed to come out of that very same hemlock-tree.
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Chatterer the Red Squirrel peered down from the edge of an old nest built long ago in a big hemlock-tree in the Green Forest, and if you could have looked into Chatterer's eyes, you would have seen there a great fear.
Mother West Wind "How" Stories Harrison Cady 1919
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Blacky the Crow had discovered Hooty the Owl dozing the bright day away in a thick hemlock-tree.
Mother West Wind "How" Stories Harrison Cady 1919
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He saw Jumper the Hare squat down under a low-hanging branch of a hemlock-tree and prepare to take a nap.
The Adventures of Lightfoot the Deer Harrison Cady 1919
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What shall I do? 'cried Mr. Deer, as he lay hidden among the branches of a fallen hemlock-tree.
Mother West Wind "How" Stories Harrison Cady 1919
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Instead out of that magic hemlock-tree poured a beautiful song, so beautiful that when it ended everybody clapped their hands.
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