AUTUMN LEAVES AND BUDS IJl 



buds are long and pointed.] By noticing the open- 

 ing of the buds in the spring these same facts can 

 be learned without destroying the buds. 



Was it not too bad for the leaf to leave the 

 little bud ? (No ; the bud does not need it longer, 

 it is covered up so well. The leaf stayed with it 

 until it had on all its covers, so the little buds do 

 not need the leaves, and the tree does not need 

 them to prepare its food.) But would it do any 

 harm for them to stay ? (Yes, the snow might 

 gather on the leaves and break the branches with 

 its weight.) 



Do you think you would find buds on all these 

 trees that are losing their leaves? Look and see, 

 and find if the leaves and flowers of the different 

 trees are wrapped up in the same way that those 

 on the cottonwood are wrapped. 



It is advisable when beginning the study of buds to 

 center observation chiefly upon two or three kinds of 

 trees, as hickory and cottonwood. 



DEVICES IN IDENTIFYING LEAVES 



I. Have a package of leaves of several different 

 varieties for each child. Give the name of a leaf 

 and have each child show a leaf of that name. 



