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Lessons in Nature Study. 



IV. 



The elm-tree was one of the earliest trees observed. Its 

 trunk is so different from that of the pin-oak in branching 



FIG. 42. ELM. (DRAWN BY B. KIRKPATRICK.) 



(deliquescent), and so unlike the white oak in outline, that 

 it forms a pleasing contrast. Its branches, flung here and 

 there, always tipped with slender sprays, make it a favorite 



