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the strongest buds survive. Each leaf helps to .-ustain 

 the limb which carries it, and each limb furnishes some 

 nourishment to the common trunk for the common wel- 

 fare. The tax is always adjusted according to the ability 

 of each to contribute. As the limbs of a tree are con- 

 stantly striving for the mastery, so each bush and tree in 

 grove or forest is striving with others for the mastery. 

 The weakest succumb to the strongest ; some perish early, 

 some lead a feeble existence for many years, while even 

 the strongest are more or less injured. With plenty of 

 room, the trunk will be short, the branches many and 

 wide-spread; where crowded, the lower limbs perish for 

 want of light. Dead limbs fall to the ground to protect 

 and enrich it for nourishing the surviving limbs and the 

 trunk. The scars heal over, more limbs perish as new 

 ones creep upward, and thus we find tall, clean trunks in 

 a dense forest. 



White Oak : To be successful, it is very important to 

 know how to gather and care for seeds and nuts. 



Yellow Wood (Robert) : Gather the seeds or nuts of 

 trees when ripe, and, if convenient, plant them where the 

 trees are expected to remain. In this list we include 

 especially the trees which have long tap roots, and do not 

 easily transplant, such as the tulip tree, the hickories, 

 the oaks, the walnuts, and chestnuts. The seeds of elms 

 and maples are not easily kept over winter. Seeds of 



