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QUESTIONS 



1. WTiat reason is given for the ease with 

 which the bark peels off? You might 

 try to find out how this agrees with 

 statements in modern textbooks. 



2. The stars and the moon were thought 

 to influence the trees in some way and 

 some farmers today plant by the moon. 

 What do you think of the importance 

 of these heavenly bodies in these re- 

 spects? 



3. What is meant by the 'catkin' of the 

 fir? 



4. What is meant by the 'cluster' of the 

 pine? 



5. What is given as the cause of knots 

 and how does this theory coincide with 

 the modern idea? 



6. Do you think that the softest woods 

 are of an open porous texture? You 

 might compare pine and oak wood. 



7. Why were woods called 'hot' woods? 



8. What do you think of the method they 

 used for making hinges? 



N.B. Theophrastus was born about 370 b.c. and died about 287 b.c. He 

 studied under Plato and Aristotle, had 2000 disciples and wrote 200 treatises. 



J. W. Severy 



Plant Anatomy and its Relation to Forestry 



Reprinted with the permission of the author 

 from Forestry Kaimin, School of Forestry, 

 Montana State University, 1927. 



The development of any field of 

 knowledge is usually accompanied by 

 a demand for greater specialization, 

 which requires a higher degree of tech- 

 nical training on the part of its workers. 

 This is especially true in the field of 

 Forestry at the present time. The de- 

 pletion of the forest resources of the 

 country is causing the "hit and miss" 



methods of the past to be rapidly done 

 away with and the development of a 

 genuine scientific forestry program. At 

 the present time it may be generally 

 said that the man combining technical 

 knowledge with practical experience is 

 far more valuable than the man having 

 only the practical experience. 



The School of Forestry at the Uni- 



