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Identification of trees in their summer foliage. 



Identification by trunk in distinctive cases. Drawings 

 of these. 



Identification of fruits and their mode of dispersal. 



The foliage in autumn. (See lesson on autumn leaves, 

 p. 224.) 



The appearance of the tree in winter. Examination, with 

 drawings, of the winter twigs. Special notes on Ever- 

 greens. 



Study of the structure of a twig in relation to its 

 functions. 



The parts of the work outlined here, which are of a 

 detailed character (e.g. examination of twigs), are suited 

 only to the higher grades in school. In general it may be 

 suggested that the emphasis be laid upon recognition 

 studies, accompanied by drawings in the lower classes, and 

 interpretation work in the higher. 



Care should be taken not to develop the work along too 

 intensive lines. The study of twigs, for example, may be 

 overdone, so that interest is killed rather than heightened. 

 Of course the quite distinctive appearance of the twigs of 

 trees should be illustrated by reference to good examples, 

 and the lesson may be capped with apt quotation, e.g. 



i ' Kate, like the Hazel- twig, 

 Is straight and slender, and as brown in hue 

 As Hazel-nuts, and sweeter than the kernels." 



( Taming of the Shrew. Act II. , So. i. ) 



Alice's hair is 



> 

 "More black than Ash buds in the front of March." 



(Tennyson, The Gardener's Daughter.) 



There is the " ruby -budded lime," a quite distinctive 

 feature of the twig in spring. Some of the best examples 



