51.   He said that hauling a tree to Manhattan by water had not been practical in previous years.

52.   He loves to break the rules of gardening -- from pruning his privet into trees to planting little boxwoods, like hedgehogs, in a grove of ginkgoes.

53.   He will deliver a living tree to your doorstep and pick it up after the holidays.

54.   Heads popped out of windows, craning to see around a birch tree to the spectacle beyond.

55.   He swung from his shoes and the ball screamed into a tree to the right of the fairway and settled into a patch of rough stuff.

56.   How the lightning moved from tree to downspout is unclear to me.

57.   However, topping encourages an increase in sprouts that quickly return most trees to original heights.

58.   I trudged from one tree to another in ankle-deep snow, checking trunks and lower branches for whitewash.

59.   Improvised passages featuring professional actors are broken up by video interviews with rank-and-file Brooklynites who discuss everything from plastic bags stuck in trees to the old Dodgers.

60.   In Guatemala, peasants unable to find land to till have invaded national parks, where they illegally clear-cut trees to plant corn.