OUR CONEBEARERS AND EVERGREENS 

 How to Know Them and What Use to Make of Them 



By C. H. GOETZ. 



INTRODUCTION 



Since the coming of man, trees and forests have entered into his 

 life, throughout his rise from the savage state up to the present 

 time. 



Without trees and forests, the 'high state of civilization to which 

 man has attained, and the comforts of life that surround him could 

 not have been possible. The forests were his early home; they 

 furnished him with food and shelter, and though for a period in the 

 history of man the forests, because of their extensiveness, were 



A Wind-break of Norway Spruce. 



looked upon as hindrances to the advancement of agriculture, the 

 time has come when the true worth of this, the highest expression 

 of our vegetable kingdom, is receiving its due credit and consid- 

 eration. 



Trees are an ever interesting subject for study and wonder to 

 the little child, to the youth, and to the man. He sees so many 

 things around him made of wood, from the cradle to the coffin, that 

 he thinks he never gets out of the woods. 



The love of the child for all things pertaining to the vegetable 

 world can readily be seen when one observes children eager for the 

 possession of a flower, a blade of grass, or a leaf of a tree. 



The following pages are intended to furnish an opportunity for 

 our boys and girls to get a little better acquainted with some of our 

 conebearers and evergreens. 



To many of our young people a needle-leaf tree is simply a pine- 



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