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NATURE STUDY. 



when you pull the bark of the birch tree, it don't come off like the 

 lilac bark. The Indians make canoes and wigwams out of birch 

 bark." BELLA MILLINGTON, 



FOURTH GRADE, PRACTICE SCHOOL. 

 OSWEGO, May 17, 1896. 



Prom MathewB's " Familiar Trees and their Leares.' 

 Copyright, 1896, by D. Appleton & Co. 



Fig. 66. White or Gray Birch. 



COMPARISON OF LOMBARDY POPLAR, BIRCH, AND OAK TREES. 

 "The poplar tree is cone-shaped and the birch tree is cylindri- 

 cal-shaped. The poplar tree is a very tall tree, while the birch is a 

 small tree. The branches of the poplar are larger around than the 

 birch. The branches of the poplar are perpendicular. The branches 

 of the birch are oblique. The bark of the poplar is a dark brown, 

 the bark of the birch is a grayish white. The bark of the poplar 

 is soft, I can scratch it with my finger-nail. The birch tree bark is 

 smoother than the poplar tree. The poplar twig is hard and can- 

 not bend, the birch branch can bend. It is like elastic rubber. 

 The oak tree takes two and one-half pairs of arms to go around. 

 It is cone-shaped (?). The oak tree is larger than any other tree 

 around the trunk. The oak tree is dark blackish gray, it is rough. 

 It has large branches and smaller branches, they have a great many 

 trees and acorns. The oak tree is about one hundred feet high." 



MARGUERITE BRUNEAU, 

 FOURTH GRADE, PRACTICE SCHOOL. 

 OSWEGO, May 2, 1898. 



