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Show Arboreal Aristocracy, llio overgreina are tho nrlatocracy of tho treo uorll wrltna Anna Hols ford Comatock In tho ('haiitutin.tian They rtprravnt th ol lest famllle. for Ihelr nnclwit relathea apiearl na early as tho Hllurlan nco the over greens were probably at their height In number of aperies and mngnllt fence, of dtvelnpinenl during the Trl naalc period Tho pines wi re rontein porarles of nil thine planta which wero put to bed In (ho Dnvonlan ni.e and which forms our coal beds of to day Tho evergreens iie a dlgnined romnant of an older treo race which Is In Ink pushed to thu wnll by the utMtarls tho oaka nnd mapte and oth or ilecldtiotiB Irroe They still cllnR to tha sandy shore where Ihoro Is lit tin to protect other trios and to tho mountains and northern regions wheru other tree hnve not tho atrength to endure 1'erhMW It la hecauao they I belong essentially to another geologic ngo when tho rllmato was far different from our cllmato of ICMlny. that thoy do not sheit their loaves In winter like tho adaptable deciduous trees |
