PINE LEAVES 



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Composition. — Write a description of the pine 

 leaves that you observed. In the first paragraph 

 describe the single leaves, in the second, tell how the 

 leaves are arranged on the branch, and in the third, 

 tell about the falling of the leaves. 



SUPPLEMENTARY WORK 



Age of Leaves. — In pines and in most other trees the leaves 

 are of the same age as the wood on which they grow, for new 



Blossoming Twig of Pitch Pine 



leaves seldom form on old wood. New pine wood is almost 

 covered with leaves, but the older limbs are bare. What are 

 the ages of the oldest leaves on white pine, on pitch pine, 

 on spruce, and on cedar ? 



