AND HIS PLANT SCHOOL 



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They came forward with grave and knowing faces. The 

 lumberman declared: "The grain of all rapid-growing trees 



Royal hybrid walnut tree. 



is very soft; therefore, the wood is unfit for interior finish- 

 ing and cabinetwork; for strength and durability the wood 

 from trees of slow growth is unequalled. " 



The coach, being wise, and ready for such criticism, had 

 prepared a limb of the Paradox athletes for inspection. 



