78 histinct. 



accordance with the plan. The perception of this 

 plan is a necessary result when certain relations of 

 the parts are perceived. 



Let us now briefly examine the structure of a 

 tree as produced by evolution from the seed. The 

 origin of every tree, as is agreed by all Botanists, is 

 a single cell ; or if you prefer to start one step 

 above, it is from a germ, with power of independent 

 life,from the union of cells or their contents. From 

 that minute point starts the Oak with all its compli- 

 cated and orderly distribution of material. One who 

 has taken the acorn from the parent tree, knows be- 

 forehand into just what form the soil around the 

 acorn and the gases in the air will be moulded under 

 the guiding power of the germ which he plants. He 

 knows beforehand what will be the mathematical 

 relation of the leaves to each other, the form and 

 flavor of the acorns which the tree will produce, and 

 he knows that all these parts will be taken from the 

 same soil and air that close at hand are furnishing 

 the materials for a beech, a maple and a pine, per- 

 chance. 



How inscrutable it is that one portion of that 

 Oak should seek the darkness, plunging down and 

 spreading in every direction where the light cannot 

 come, while another portion as persistently pushes 

 into the sun-light ! But after we understand the 

 plan of the tree, we understand that this polarity is 

 necessary for its well being. The presiding power 

 or organizing force had taken care that all parts 

 should be disposed aright to carry out the plan. 



How strange, also, that from the subdivision of 



