Photo 41. 



Photo 42. 



YOUR SPECIAL ATTENTION 



is called again to photo 61. To the right 

 you see a large tree. We have been talk- 

 ing of the one to the left, which was 

 planted in 1885. We have said this tree 

 was large and cost in proportion to its 

 size. The other, to the right, was a little 

 switch which the man had pulled up and 

 thrown into his wagon. He gave it to the 

 property-owner, who, out of curiosity, 

 stuck it in where you see it. It started 

 to grow, and it grew! and grew! ! and 

 grew! ! ! and is growing so fast that it 

 seems they must move the house back or 

 cut away a part of the tree. 



Here, then, is the all-important point. 

 Why did this plant thrive so well? For 

 the simple reason that its feeding roots 

 were not destroyed, and there was no 

 large trunk there to become exhausU-d. 

 If you go to the woods for a shade tree, 

 by all means select something that you 

 can pull up with your hands, instead of 



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