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Such a book as " The Forest Trees of Britain " ' 

 will supply the names of all our ordinary trees ; 

 and, when taking a ramble in a country lane or 

 garden, if a perfect leaf of each species of tree is 

 gathered, well pressed, and dried between sheets of 

 blotting paper under a heavy weight, there will be 

 found pleasant occupation for some wet day spent 

 indoors in arranging these specimen leaves in a 

 large blank book. 



Space should be left to write the English and 

 Latin name of each tree, whence it was imported, 

 and some of its chief uses. If, later on, the autumn- 

 tinted leaf of each species can be obtained, and a 

 coloured drawing made of its catkin flower, then in 

 time a really charming and valuable book will be 

 formed, which a girl will feel pleasure in showing 

 to her young friends, and thus others will be led to 

 fill up their leisure time with instructive pursuits of 

 this kind. 



Drying and arranging the leaves is only the first 

 step towards a more intimate knowledge of this sub- 

 ject. The exquisite beauty of autumn-tinted leaves 

 attracts the attention of the most unobservant 

 1 By the Rev. C. A. Johns. S.P.C.K. 



