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beneath; that the second pair of leaves is opposite and the 

 succeeding leaves alternate, etc., etc. 



The lesson may be varied by taking some other tree, and 

 special forms of trunk excurrent (unbroken), deliquescent 



FIG. 40. WHITE OAK. DRAWN BY JENNIE MILLER. 



(much broken) may be brought out. Pines, spruces, hick- 

 ory, are types of the first class. Elm, maple, oak, represent 

 the second class. 



II. 



The best time for studying trees to get their form and 



