98 How to Know the Trees 



both made of wood. When you write with them, 

 you use a wooden desk, dipping your pen in ink 

 that was made from wood. The very shoes you 

 have on were tanned with the bark of some forest 

 tree. When the rain is falling, and the walks and 

 streets are wet, remember that the rubbers you 

 use to keep your feet warm and dry are products 

 of the forest, too. 



At home, the staircases and finishing, the 

 chairs, the tables, and sometimes the bedsteads 

 are made of wood; the younger children sleep in 

 wooden cradles, and play with wooden toys; 

 even paper for the magazines and newspapers 

 on the oak reading-table came from the forest. 

 Music, whether from piano, violin, or phono- 

 graph, comes from an instrument made wholly 

 or in part of wood. The use of wood gives sweet- 

 ness and a mellow tone, and nothing else can take 

 its place. 



Some trees give us sugar, others give us deli- 

 cious nuts and fruits, still others give us tar and 

 turpentine, and in South America are trees which 

 furnish all the India rubber that we use. 



Trees keep our homes cool in summer. In win- 

 ter many of these houses are warmed with wood 



