^HESE sratches are, I fear, Very unscien- 

 tific an^iunsyst^B^fe^They record the 

 growtlw^,rm^^?li interes.t and informa- 

 \tion, as I have wHH^y observed and enjoyed 

 ih^ tree^^jmong wWlfe 1 had walked unsee- 

 ing f^p^o ^;many years. To pass on, as well 

 as^i^n, ~s^Be of the benefit that has come 

 ^siiny o\5rn life from 'this '^akened interest 

 treeS'^ provided by the <Greator for the 

 of tired bijfts and the healing of ruf- 

 fled: spirits, as welpas for utility, is the reason 

 for gathering tos&ther and somewhat extend- 

 ing the papers t|iat have brought me, as they 

 have appeared in the pages of "The Outlook," 

 so many letters of fellowship and apprecia- 

 tion from others who have often seen more 

 clearly and deeply into the woods than I may 

 hope to. 



Driven out from my desk by weariness some- 

 times — and as often, I confess, by a rasped tem- 



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