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and size of top, how many main branches there are, how the 

 branches are arranged on the main trunk, the direction of the 

 branches, whether the twigs are few or man}-, crooked or straight. 



Having 

 ob s e r V e d 

 these 

 points i n 

 any tree, 

 com pare 

 one kind 

 of tree 

 with an- 

 other and 

 note how 

 they differ 

 in these 

 features. 

 Compare 

 an apple 

 tre e with 

 an elm, an 

 elm with a 

 maple, a 

 ba s s w o od 

 with a 

 pine, a pop- 

 lar with a 

 beech, a 

 pear tree 

 with a 

 peach tree. 



Having 

 made com- ^^' Slippery Elm. The expression is stiff and hard. 



parisons between very dissimilar trees, compare those which are 

 much alike, as the different kinds of maples, of elms, of oaks, of 

 poplars. As one's powers of observation become trained, com- 

 pare the different varieties of the same kind of fruit trees, if there 

 are good orchards in the vicinity. The different varieties of pears 



