58 Tree Planting and Tree Felling 



PRACTICAL WORK. 



If possible you will be taken for a visit to a timber yard or saw- 

 mill. When there notice the various sizes into which timber is sawn, 

 i.e. 'boards,' 'deals' and 'battens.' Notice also how the different 

 kinds of timber vary as regards closeness of rings and freedom from 

 knots. Take notes on what you see. 



HOME WORK. 



Ta,ke your oak seedlings from Chapter IV home with you and 

 plant them in some piece of waste ground. Cut two twigs of elder 

 or willow about a foot long and plant them in some corner where 

 they will not be disturbed. 



CHAPTER VII 



EVERGREENS. (A WALK) 



Season. First week in February. 

 Materials required. 



(a) For demonstration, small blocks of timber 

 from various conifers (see Appendix). 



(b) For each pupil (for home work), a leafy twig 

 (about 6 inches long) of some known kind of Pine or 

 Fir. Water colour paint box. 



The trees of which we spoke last term were for the 

 most part deciduous trees, that is to say trees that lose 

 their leaves before the winter. Evergreens, as their 

 name implies, are trees whose leaves remain on the 

 branches throughout the year. You must not imagine 

 from this that the leaves last for ever, for each one 

 in time reaches the limit of its life, usually after 4 or 5 



