326 THE BEECH. 



of life in deciduous^ trees, or to discover what 

 operations are being carried on in the silent 

 laboratory of Nature, we shall have no difficulty 



TWIG OF THE BEECH IN WINTER. 



in discovering that the providence of God is 

 watching over every bud, and doing for it what- 



* Deciduous trees are those which shed their leaves at the ap- . 

 proach of winter. 



