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GARDENERS' CHRONICLE 



THE FELLING OF A GIANT 



REDWOOD 



Kenneth Craig 



(Seventeen year old son of II'. X. Crui};) 



\oble monarcli of past ages, 

 Towering proudly towards the sky, 



Speak to us — turn o'er your pages — 

 That we may learn before you die. 



Giant redwood of the W'cstland, 



Mightiest of this wide world's woods, 



Man has come — and you must go — ■ 

 A mere part of his earthly goods. 



Tell us first before you leave us, 

 Untliinking mortals though we be. 



Of marvels unfolded before thee, 

 Wonderful bits of history. 



First, of when in bygone ages 



Struggling upwards towards the sun, 



Fighting always, never resting. 

 Until at last you won ! you won ! 



When, as but a tender sapling 

 Shadowed o'er by taller growth. 



Of the hardships that you suffered — 

 Tell us quickly — be not so loath. 



You ran your race ever upwards. 



Spurned by some and spuming others ; 



You witnessed pain, and death, and dread, 

 All the tilings the blue sky covers. 



.^nd as the years rolled ever on, 



Xew things were born — things always new. 

 Earth itself was torn asunder ; 



But still you grew, and grew, and grew. 



Years when torrents tearing downwards 

 Ripped the earth from round your base. 



Left you hanging, still undaunted — 



Conditions changed: you won your race. 



Times when waters left you thirsty, 

 Torturing rays burned down o'erhead ; 



Withered, parched, but still unflinching, 

 Until at last your roots were fed. 



Days when fire, the red-tongued monster. 

 Swept the vast woodlands, razing most 



To Nature's gasping breast ; but you 

 Were spared — scarred witness of the host. 



Then the cold, the biting north winds 

 Numbed your core, you missed the pace. 



But to your rescue, helpless king. 

 Whispered the south wind in your face. 



The rains, the snows, relentless winds. 

 All fought you, but to no avail ; 



For still you stand — God's creation — 

 Towering over hill and dale. 



Now you rest, supreme in stature. 

 Dwarfing others that 'neath you grow. 



Waving gently o'er the forest. 

 While south winds softly sing and sough. 



Well, indeed, you have earned your peace. 

 But we — vain, lust-ridden mortals — 



Think only of our present needs. 

 So, old tree, ope' up your portals. 



Now the glistering steel cuts deep, 

 Qear the sounds fall across the mart. 



Deeper, deeper bite the axes — 

 Searching, probing out your heart. 



Now you quiver, with each fresh stroke — 

 Why must you die, O noble tree? 



^'ou sway— sweep earthward with a crash ! 

 My God, what fools we mortals be ! 



About This Particular Greenhouse 



IT happens that only yesterday we re- 

 ceived from our publishers a rather 

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The view point is a bit different, but the 

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As companions, are four other houses- of 

 simpler design and lesser size. 



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