Hi,
I think you can do by adding style sheet to Root Node.
Add the cssClass to RootNode and make display as none.
Then root node of treenode will be hidden.
creat cssClass name as hideRoot.
Add following code to your treenode.
sampletree.RootNodeStyle.CssClass="hideRoot";
<style>
.hideRoot
{
display:none;
}
<style></style></style>
Regards,
Kiran.