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started as sprouts from the stumps of smaller trees, but 

 most of them appear to have started from seed. Here is 

 a patch of very 

 small trees, appai- 

 ently not more than 

 six years old, and 

 two -year- old seed- 

 lings are seen every- 

 where. Among the 

 young trees are 

 tangles of wild 

 blackberries, ras]> 

 berries, and other 

 shrubbery, and in a 

 few places the grass 

 is trying to cover 

 the ground. Every- 

 thing is struggling 

 to hold its own or 

 to gain possession 

 of a little more soil 

 and light. 



Here is a dense 

 thicket of young 

 trees three to eight 

 feet high. Let us 

 count. Why, tliere are eight live trees on one scpiare 



Fig. 1(). Even Spruce is iiuide t( 

 (After W. F. Fox) 



('le;iii " itself 



