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SUGGESTED WORK FOR CLASS 



Tell the story of an amber necklace. 



Find on your maps the Baltic Sea. 



How far is it from New York ? 



Find on your maps places where evergreens grow. 



Make a list of things made from the fir tree. 



Make a list of things made from the pine tree. 



LESSON XXVIII 



THE PINE FAMILY: PART I 



The pines are the most important 

 evergreen trees. To the pine family 

 belong not only the true pines, but the 

 firs, spruces, hemlocks, larches, and 

 cedars. The leaves on these trees are 

 protected by resin, which is sometimes 

 fragrant, as in the fir balsam. They 

 do not fall at the approach of winter, 

 like the leaves of deciduous trees, but 

 they fall at irregular times. 

 The fruit is called a cone. It grows like a twig, only instead of 

 forming leaves, it forms scales, which overlap and flatten and bear 

 the seeds. A pine nut is smooth on the outside. Cut away the 



PINE TREE 



