Our Field and Forest Trees 



CHAPTER I 



FRUITS AND SEEDS 



TXT" HEN the Greatest of Teachers sought a 

 ^ " symbol for the greatest of miracles — the 

 growth of the divine in man — he found it in the 

 wild mustard, spreading its branches so widely, 

 though it had come from so small a seed. 



This miracle of nature is equaled, and even out- 

 done, by many native trees. The willow seed is 

 almost too small for vision. It sails down the 

 wind upborne by what looks like a fluff of cobweb, 

 seed and flying apparatus together being but a 

 mere shining speck. Yet from this scarcely vis- 

 ible atom may grow one of those giant willows 

 which are the pride of our eastern valleys. 



June breezes sow the willows, and some trees 

 are even more prompt in getting their families 

 started in life. 



When the first daisies star the grass, red maples, 

 silver maples, and elms are all sending their chil- 

 dren away, in the care of the wind, to seek their 



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