SEEDLINGS 



The Tree's Life In Youth 



LET us imagine a great many little tree seeds 

 lying together on the ground. It is spring, and 

 the seeds are just beginning to sprout. The frosts 

 of winter did not kill them, for over them was 

 a thick blanket of soft snow. A downward and 

 upward growth is beginning. One little shoot, 

 looking for light and air, pushes itself up from 

 the ground. At the same time the first tiny root- 



