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THE TREE DOCTOR 



In Photo 68 you have the view of a very fine Hickory tree. 

 There is something very commanding and expressive in the ap- 

 pearance of this individual, and it is more so when you approach 

 it and find that, to all appearances, it is growing right out of a 

 huge rock. Photo 69 shows you the base of the tree. A tree 

 has a something almost analogous to consciousness. The nut 



Photo 68 

 Hickory Tree growing on Huge Rock. 



dropped down in the crevice germinated, and the little "feeders" 

 reached out after the tiny drops of water that were condensed 

 by the rock on hot days. Then they hid themselves under the 

 decaying leaves and dust. Silently they crept down, down, till 

 they got out among the fragments of the rocks. Now, if you 

 draw on your imagination, you can almost hear the little twigs 

 shout, "All right below?" To which the answer is given by the 

 "working roots," "O. K. below ; we will mine for raw material 

 here and send it up, and you mind your knitting up there, manu- 



