FORESTRY LESSONS ON HOME WOODLANDS. 7 



If the black gum is now reddening the red gum will soon begin to 

 burn, and presently all the woods will seem as if on fire. The autumn 

 colors will help to identify your trees and beautify your herbarium. A 

 few of the broadleaf trees and all the conifers save one are evergreen. 



FIG. 2. White oak leaf, flower, fruit, and winter bud : a, Pistillate or female flower ; 

 1), staminate or male flower ; c, winter bud. 



Separate the conifers into the pines, spruces, cedars, or other cone- 

 bearers of your woods, and divide into as many species as you find. 

 Draw a diagram, and under the two heads,broadleaf trees and conifers, 

 group the trees that you identify, with a short description of each. 

 179374 C 20 Bull. 863 2 



