QUERCUS ALBA 



mant, felt the same instant call of 

 life, and germinating, sent tender 

 green shoots upward to mingle with 

 their mates. During the remainder 

 of that season and until the late 

 coming of frost, they grew all and 

 mightily. That they should do so 

 was inevitable, for every condition 

 favored them, had been prepared 

 by preceding generations of their 

 kind. The forest floor was neither 

 too wet nor too dry; the soil 



was fertile as a prepared bed 



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