incapable of an extended flight, manage to sail out 

 and away from the parent tree. Even the small 

 seeds of birch and alder, compaft as they are, have 

 wings provided, for no ambitious flight, to be 

 sure, but a gentle excursion only, such as the 

 broad-winged maple seed may take when its hour 

 arrives. Acorns will fall dire&ly below the tree, 

 perhaps roll some little distance on uneven ground 

 and lie in rich confusion a symbol of plenty. 

 For any further transportation they must depend 

 upon the wings of the jay and the feet of the 

 squirrel. In this respedt the sweet acorns of the 

 white oak have the better chance, while at the 

 same time they run the greater risk of being eaten. 

 Jays constantly carry acorns, and may frequently 

 drop them. Gray squirrels bury them, and recover 

 a surprising number later when the snow is on 

 the ground. They know wherein the white are 

 superior and are as well informed about acorns as 

 are we about apples or the varieties of squash. 

 The white oak acorn is to them Hubbard squash 

 or Baldwin apple. 



When Nature planned that the nut trees should 

 bear as they do, she doubtless considered the 

 squirrel and the boy that was to be. She had 



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