patient in his search if he finds that they have made a mistake in 

 arithmetic. Are we as accurate in our work in numbers — you 

 and I? When I was a youngster I could always remember the 

 difference between the pitch pine and the white pine, because in 

 the latter I could bunch the needles up and make what looked 

 to me like a broom, but in the former the needles stood out so stiffly 

 that they were more like quills on a porcupine's back. 



Do you believe pine trees ever shed their leaves? If you look 

 closely along their branches you will see many places where once 

 the little leaf sheaths rested ; and vou will then learn where Mother 

 Nature finds material for her thick pine-needle carpets. 



What kind of pine is this? 



So many kinds of evergreens are there that if you were to remain 

 in the woods long enough to study them all, I fear Jack Frost would 

 claim you for his own. I am too fond of my Junior Naturalists to 

 give them up to any such mischievous sprite as he ; so scamper 

 about as lively as possible and secure a branch and cone from 

 each green tree. These you can study at home or in school where, 

 if Master Jack does venture in, he will not remain long. You can 



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