In the Sierra 



until the spring thaw. Then the more 

 elastic undamaged saplings rose again, aided 

 by the wind, some reaching a nearly erect 

 attitude, others remaining more or less bent, 

 while those with broken backs endeavored 

 to specialize a side branch below the break 



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ILLUSTRATING GROWTH OF NEW PINE FROM BRANCH 

 BELOW THE BREAK OF AXIS OF SNOW-CRUSHED TREE 



and make a leader of it to form a new axis of 

 development. It is as if a man, whose back 

 was broken or nearly so and who was com- 

 pelled to go bent, should find a branch 

 backbone sprouting straight up from below 



