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Lessons in Nature Studj. 



VIII. 



Another student had an account of the tulip-tree near her 

 home. The valuable wood, so extensively used under the 



FIG. 45. SYCAMORE. (DRAWN BY CARRIE WARD.) 



name of " white wood " in inside work, was mentioned. 

 Drawings and pressed specimens of the gorgeous tuliplike 

 flowers and the odd-looking cucurnberlike fruit were shown. 



