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moss laden crotches and branches can furnish. 
The ultimate fate of the countless seedlings of 
spruce, cedar and hemlock which one finds in 
this pecuhar habitat and upon fallen trees is, 
however, in most cases different. They quickly 
outgrow the possibilities of their substratum and 
die.. Now and then an individual by chance 
circumvents the impending fate in a manner 
which would be impossible in a climate less 
rainy than this. 
In Plate X. is shown an example of how a 
seedling cedar from such an airy position has 
succeeded in juggling its young roots, evidently 
along the decaying branches of its host into the 
ground and has grown into a large tree, still 
holding between its massive roots, or more cor- 
rectly its bifurcated stem, the decaying spruce 
log. Frequently seeds lodge upon high stumps 
from which elevated position the roots of the 
growing young trees reach down and into the 
soil. As the stump decays and falls away, it 
leaves the tree standing as it were on stilts. 
Parasitism—It is not the intention under 
this head to discuss the numerous aspects of 
