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Both postulate and conclusion are wrecked among the queer trees, for some roots grow straight up, whereas others grow around the limbs and trunk of the tree, not down into the ground. In fact, they can start anywhere and proceed in almost any direction. It is known from temple carvings in India that the Hindu religion at one time developed a cult which for ornament drew and carved trees of Ficus religiosa and F. benghalensis upside down! 1 Aerial roots (which grow into the air, not the ground) occur in a variety of plants.
They store enough gases in their roots during dry seasons to carry them over when the high waters come. They produce their seeds in boatlike pods that are adapted to floating ashore and reproducing the species. They overcome the difficulties of their environment. Part of this book is a study of the ways in which trees have solved their problems. Through its pages runs a parallelism with human behavior, for in many ways the adjustments that trees make, rekindling daily an apparent determination to stay alive, are very similar to the changes and adjustments made by peopleand for the same purpose.
Many of its family are called "paperbarks" by Australians because of this untidy habit. Related trees in the myrtle family, including the guava2 and a few kinds of Eugenia, also some of the crape-myrtles3 (not in the myrtle family) and the snake-barks,4 as well as the common sycamore5 and scores of other trees, shed their bark in patches which often reveal exquisite coloring. In Zambia two different trees6 shed their bark in large transparent sheets. All these "strip-tease" trees seem bent on disrobing themselves.