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Note. — Members are urged to verify times of departure of 

 trains owing to possible changes in time-tables. The excur- 

 sion on October 30 will be the last of the season. 



The Field Committee, 



Norman 'Taylor, Chairman 



OF INTEREST TO TEACHERS 

 Instructions for Recording Observations on Forest Trees 

 Under the direction of the chief forester, Mr. Pinchot, the gov- 

 ernment Forest Service has issued a leaflet of instructions for 

 recording observations on the leafing, flowering, and fruiting of 

 forest trees. A sample sheet (form 416) is reproduced below. 

 These are obtainable at the forestry department and should ap- 

 peal to many now occupied in a desultory observation of the 

 seasonal changes. In the schools, the flower, leaf, and fruit 

 charts and records kept by some teachers would gain an added 

 interest if these sheets were used, and the pupils knew of the gov- 

 ernment's recognition of the practical value of such work. 



Form 416. 



Species 



Period covered by observations 



Name of observer 



Residence 



(State) (County) (Town) 



General character of country. — Mountains ; foothills ; plains ; river valley; 



seacoast. 

 Situation of trees. — Level ; slope (north, east, west, south) ; hilltop ; river 



bottom ; soil {sandy, clayey, heavy, light, deep, shallow, moist, dry). 



(Please check the words which apply to your particular locality and to the 



trees observed.) 



Approximate elevation above sea level 



Location of nearest Weather Bureau station 



State if season was wet or dry, early or late, etc 



