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may be made in every grade of the lower schools, and they 

 certainly may be made to great advantage in the high and 

 normal schools. Some standard size of drawing paper, which 

 is of good shape for artistic results, should be selected. A 

 good size is six by nine inches, as this enables one to put both 

 the mounted specimen and the drawing upon the same sheet 

 if desired. To accompany the drawing paper there should 

 be sheets of writing paper of the same size, ruled or unruled, 

 as the , development of the pupils may necessitate. All the 

 sheets are to be punched upon the left-hand six-inch margin, 

 so that they may be bound in covers of stiffer paper, either 

 by the ordinary brass fasteners or preferably by means of 

 raffia.' In the latter case it is desirable that three holes be 

 punched in the margin. 



Examinations. 

 It is very easy to determine whether the pupils know the 

 evergreens they have been studying or not. Place a small 

 branch and cone of each variety upon a side table, numbering 

 each species, and let the pupil, absolutely without assistance, 

 make a list of the names of the evergreens represented. 

 Memory drawings may also be utilized for examinations, or 

 the pupils may be required to write a synopsis of the dis- 

 tinctive characteristics of a certain number of species. 



COKRELATIONS. 



It may be worth while, at the risk of some repetition, to 

 indicate briefly the correlations with other studies which may 

 properly be carried on in connection with the study of the 

 evergreens. 



In language it is obvious that any written or oral exercise 

 describing the evergreens is simply one phase of English 

 expression, and may very well be utilized as work in com- 

 position. It is also readily seen that the pupil who secures, 

 through the study of the evergreens, adequate mental images 

 of the characteristics of the different species, and of the 

 appearance of the trees, either singly or in forest groups, is 

 preparing himself to appreciate references to these trees in 

 literature. This appreciation will be increased through the 



