176 Second Conference 



iii. Fruits. — In the same manner fruits of various 

 kinds. — Acorns, nuts, samaras, hips and 

 haws, &c., — are collected and dealt with. 



(a) Object-lesson. — 



Attention should be drawn to — 



1. Form. 



2. Colour. 



3. Object of the wings of the samaras, and 

 colour of cherries, &c. 



4. Need for dispersal of seeds and fruit. 



5. Methods employed to bring this about — 



wind, 

 birds, 



squirrels, &c. 

 {b) Drawing, \ 



Colouri7ig, 

 Modelling, 

 Composition, 



to follow the object-lesson. 



iv. Buds. — Twigs with buds on lend themselves ad- 

 mirably to correlation of work. For instance> 

 let us take a twig of the beech-txQt. 



(a) Object-lesson. 



Note I. Alternate arrangement of buds. 



2. Zigzag form of twig. 



3. Shape of buds — some long, tapering, 



and pointed (leaf-buds only) ; others 

 thicker and shorter, containing 

 leaves and flowers. 



4. Colour, overlapping scales, &c. 



(b) Bncsh-dratving. — Such twigs lend themselves 



admirably to brush-drawing. 



