ancients told many wonderful legends 

 concerning the tree, and claimed for it 

 numerous extraordinary qualities. Modern ex- 

 perience is finding some of these legends to be 

 almost] literal truth, and increasing knowledge 

 of the tree shows that it has many of those high 

 qualities for which it was anciently revered. 

 Though people no longer think of it as the Tree 

 of Life, they are beginning to realize that the 

 tree is what enables our race to make a living 

 and to live comfortably and hopefully upon this 

 beautiful world. 



Camping among forests quickly gives one a 

 home feeling for them and develops an apprecia- 

 tion of their value. How different American his- 

 tory might have been had Columbus discovered 

 a treeless land! The American forests have 

 largely contributed to the development of the 

 country. The first settlers on the Atlantic coast 

 felled and used the waiting trees for home- 



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