. The Canadian horticulturist [monthly], 1889. Gardening; Canadian periodicals. The Canadian Horticulturist. 47. Tree and Man. ^HJI^HIC tree, like the human t)eing, belongs to some especial race and family ; it has skins andveinsand blood ; it has its antipathies and loves; its flowers ^"' and fruit correspond to his words and ac- tions ; it fills its ap- pointed place and does its work among its fellows. Some trees, like some men,diffuseaboutthembeauty and gracious influences, while others ful- fil hard and severe uses. They live, like men, in company or in gloomy solitude. Moreover, to
. The Canadian horticulturist [monthly], 1889. Gardening; Canadian periodicals. The Canadian Horticulturist. 47. Tree and Man. ^HJI^HIC tree, like the human t)eing, belongs to some especial race and family ; it has skins andveinsand blood ; it has its antipathies and loves; its flowers ^"' and fruit correspond to his words and ac- tions ; it fills its ap- pointed place and does its work among its fellows. Some trees, like some men,diffuseaboutthembeauty and gracious influences, while others ful- fil hard and severe uses. They live, like men, in company or in gloomy solitude. Moreover, to every tree as to every man, comes at last the hour when it must disappear and give place to the vigor- ous young sapling which springs from its roots. A tree, to be healthy, requires both food and fresh air at the roots. When the ground is barren of nourish- ing juices, or is packed and clammy, the tree shrinks and grows poor and meagre. The thoughts of a man are the roots of his life. If he does not draw strength and knowledge up with them, his life will grow lean and poor. Or, if his thoughts are confined to a too narrow circle, if they are not aired by reading, or travel, or contact with other minds, the same effect will be produced. The whole man will shrivel, and his fruit of good deeds will be scanty. A tree, too, needs to be washed and kept clean by the rain from Heaven, in trunk and leaves, or it will not grow. The boy whose heart and mind are covered with the dust of the world— the puerile, worthless cares and gossips of every day—and never are washed clean by contact with great thoughts of God's goodness and power, will dwindle into a petty, insignificant man. The leaves, too, need sunshine, just as the man needs cheerfulness and joy in his life. Neither tree nor boy will be healthy or sound at the root if the sur- rounding atmosphere is always dark and murky. No tree can have its place taken by another while it still lives. Neither can any man do another man's wo
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