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it should also give it all necessary attention throughout the season. 
When you set out your specimens they may look puny and insignificant, 
but they contain the promise of stately trees, and in future years people 
will admire them and bless the man who planted them. Read William 
Cullen Bryant’s “Planting of the Appletree” and learn what a great 
poet said on this subject. 
For SUMMER 
2. Identification. — As a true lover of nature you must try to become 
acquainted with every kind of tree, shrub, and vine growing in your 
neighborhood. The most favorable time for doing this is in the summer 
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when the leaves serve as the best guide. Note, then, such things as 
the size and form of the leaf and the character of the margin, whether 
it is simple or compound, with or without stalk, the character of the 
surface, and the arrangement of the leaves on the stem (whether opposite 
or alternate). Of course, you will compare your specimens with the 
pictures on the preceding pages, and you should also read in this con- 
nection the entire chapter on Leaves, as it explains more in detail what 
