QUERCUS ALBA 



In the vegetable as in the 

 animal world, what is oblivion for 

 one individual is opportunity for 

 another. Thus, when in that long- 

 ago day there broke the storm that 

 carried destruction to the group of 

 veterans crowning the plateau of 

 a misnamed Ozark mountain, it 

 meant life and possibilities infi- 

 nite to the scattered acorns on the 

 ground beneath. Had that storm 

 not come at the time it did come, 

 the tale of this particular white oak 



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