Show COAL OAL OF VEGETABLE ORIGIN i Abundant nt Proof That Huge F For ta In Former Ep Epochs hs of the Earth Became Petrified In most Instances there ther Although most In jire comparatively rec few traces rac s of It Its vegetable origin left coal conI owes its existence existence ex ex- ex- ex t to the time vast n ns e of vegetable Pie ble mutter matter or tUmi through timi-ough the luxuriant lux urI nt growth grow tIm plants planta in for former u ier r epochs of oC time the earths earth's history y and since slowly conY converted Into a petrified state I Coal Coni fields today present abundant Indications of oC the existence of huge ancient forests usually In the form of coal formed from the roots of trees tree Several 1 such ch forests forests' have hae been uncovered uncovered ered erel one of which in Nova R Scotia isa is 15 isn a- a good example Remains of trees tree have e been found there thero six to eight feet in height and f liar ur feet fit In lIam diem eter In a col colliery er In En England l In a n space of oC about quarter one-quarter of an acre there thele have ha-e- been found the fossilized sed stumps of of 73 78 tree trees with roots attached at mit- ached and 1111 broken olt trunks ti 1 lying bing about one of them 30 80 O feet teet long hong and all of them turned into coal |