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highly valued, both for the good qualities of the wood 

 itself and for the length and straightness of the tree 

 trunks. Deal is also the wood used in the manufacture 

 of wood pulp from which many of the cheaper kinds of 

 paper are now made. If a slit is made in the trunk of 

 a pine, turpentine will gradually ooze from it. This is 

 the commercial way of obtaining turpentine and large 

 quantities of it are collected yearly from the Russian 

 and American forests. 



PRACTICAL WORK. 



You will be taken for a walk to a pine wood. While there notice 

 the following points : 



Is there more than one kind of pine in the wood ? Collect some 

 pine needles from under each kind of tree. Are they all single or 

 are two or more of them joined together in some cases ? Are there 

 any seedling trees growing ? If so, find out the age of some of the 

 smaller trees. 



When you get back to school you will be shown pieces of the 

 timber of various conifers : Scotch pine (red deal), spruce (white 

 deal), larch, etc. Notice how these woods differ in colour, grain, 

 knots, etc. 



HOME WORK. 



Draw the twig you took home with you twice its natural size. 

 Now take off a single leaf and draw both sides of it (also x 2). Paint 

 your drawings with green and brown colour washes and pick out 

 the darker parts with deeper shades. Write the name of the tree 

 under your drawing. 



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