loose-barked

Updated: January 21, 2026

The red maples also give to the air a faint and delightfully spicy odor, under favorable conditions. May I hint that the lusty box-elder, when it is booming along its spring growth, furnishes a loose-barked whistle stick about as good as those that come from the willow?

J. Horace (John Horace) McFarland - Getting Acquainted with the Trees