TEACHER'S LEAFLETS 



FOR USE IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS 



PREPARED BY 



NO. 13. 



FEBRUARY, 1899. 



THE COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE, 

 CORNEL UNIVERSITY, 



Issued under Chapter 67 

 of the Laws of 1898. 



ITHACA. N. Y. 



I. p. ROBERTS, Director. 



Evergreens, and How They Shed 



Their Leaves. 



BY H. p. GOULD. 



ONE-BEARING evergreens are familiar to 

 everyone ; yet this familiarity is usually 

 with the trees as entire objects. We do 

 not often stop to analyze a tree in order to 

 find out what gives it its characteristic 

 appearance or to see what makes it look 

 as it does. 



We will often find, if we stop to look, 



that much of the character of a tree, — that 



is, its general appearance or the way in which it impresses us, — is 



due to the leaves and to their arrangement on the branches. 



This is true of many of the evergreen trees. 



Note to the teacher. — This leaflet has two particular objects : to teach how 

 evergreens shed their leaves, and to enable you to distinguish a few of the 

 evergreens which are most commonly met. These studies (and those sug- 

 gested in Leaflet No. 12) should be the means of adding much cheer to the 

 winter. Encourage pupils to make collections of cones, to observe when 

 they shed their seeds,and how long (how many seasons) they remain attached 

 to the branch. Remember that mere identification of the kinds of trees is 

 not the highest type of nature-study. 



Cones are good subjects for free-hand drawing. Beginners should draw 

 them in outline, omitting the shading. Encourage pupils to draw single leaf- 

 clusters of the different pines, cautioning them to get the right number of 

 leaves in each case. 



