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conclude it to be a red cedar, whose berries have been 

 eaten by the birds so that we could not find any fruit. 



In this way some practice will soon enable us to tell 

 our common trees with ease, and we shall then be better 

 prepared to learn how these different trees behave and what 

 they need. Having gained this enjoyable familiarity with 

 our friends, we are a))le to learn for ourselves what is 

 required to make them produce the largest amount of the 

 most valuable material in the shortest time and at the 

 least expense. 



