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The Arnold Arboretum

John Tlumacki /globe staff/Boston Globe

During the recent tease of warm weather, there were some crocus sightings and pussy willows sprouting through piles of snow. But for those of us desperate for a more tangible sign of spring, this photo taken on Oct. 8, 1993, at the Arnold Arboretum will have to suffice for now.

In it, a mother and her two children find a woody perch on “Corky,” the Amur Cork tree from which they could observe nature at the arboretum. On Sept. 29, 1995, “Corky” collapsed after 121 years under the weight of a sixth-grade class from the Winsor School, who, like tens of thousands of children before them, were having their pictures taken on the nearly horizontal limb that paralleled the road.

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