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The upper tree on the left bears in the original the title 'The Tree of Amalion', as also does the tree done in crayon on grey paper below it. In these pictures the placing of the flowers and most of the flowers themselves are obviously similar and related; but I believe the lower tree to be much later than the upper, which dates from 1927-8.
On this page is reproduced a third drawing of such a tree, bearing leaves (not flowers) of many different forms, which was done by J. R. R. Tolkien as a cover design for the paperback edition of Tree and Leaf published in 1964; and while I cannot cast any light on the name Amalion itself, it is noteworthy that an earlier version of this design was entitled 'The Tree of Amalion. First draft for the cover of Tree and Leaf.'
This page of trees was published in The J. R. R. Tolkien Calendar 1979.
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