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use of selections from the best writers of prose and poetry, 

 as recommended on a previous page. 



The correlation with drawing is so evident that it need 

 scarcely be dwelt npon. ISTo nature study is at all adequate 

 which does not constantly afford the child opportunity to 

 express, through graphic representation, what he sees. In 

 the case of the coniferous trees it is especially desirable that 

 the appearance of the tree as a whole be represented from the 



point of view of the art supervisor, and that the cover designs 

 for the booklets be made according to his suggestions. It is 

 desirable, also, that some of the selections be from those 

 artists who have written appreciatively of the outer world. 



It is easy to see the lines which should be followed in cor- 

 relating the study of the evergreen* with geography. The 

 range maps will form the foundation for this. The use 

 which is made of these trees for commercial purposes, as 

 lumber, as the basis for wood pulp, as the source of turpen- 



