24 DA VET'S PRIMER 



To what was the lady's finger pointing on page 

 No. 19, Mary? 



** To a little branch growing out of a large branch." 



Correct. 



What did the little branch come from, Henry? 



' ; From a bud." 



Right, my boy. Now, tell us what was said about 

 the bud, Marguerite. 



" Why, it came from the center or pith of the parent 

 stalk or branch, and always remains connected with it." 



Good memory ! little girl. Now, let none of you 

 ** forget to remember," as the boy said. 



We are now ready to see what takes place when the 

 branches are cut off and the wounds not cared for. 

 Look at these two photographs ; and, children, bear in 

 mind that the camera never lies. 



What horrible sights! Suppose some one had 

 chopped off your arm and left it undressed and ex- 

 posed, and that gangrene had set in, how painful the 

 wound and how loathsome to look upon ! Who could 

 describe the sufferings? Have trees no sufferings? Oh ! 

 yes, yes, children ; everything that has life has some kind 

 of feeling ; and, consequently, suffering when they are 

 injured. The trees are among our best friends, and I am 

 confident that the children will help to remove the causes 

 of their diseases, and see, hereafter, that they are not sub- 

 jected to such shameful abuse and consequent sufferings. 



Because we cannot understand how a tree suffers, it 

 is no proof that it does not suffer. We suffer in mind 

 and also in body. 



