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3. Lessons on Trees. — a. Distinguislied by leaf, 

 shape, bark, habit, b. Observe development of 

 leaf-buds, c. Study arrangement of leaves. 



The autumn months any time before frost will be 

 the proper time to introduce the study of trees. A 

 trip to the woods by the whole school is the best 

 way to secure the right kind of interest. This may 

 be done immediately after a study of the leaves in 

 the school room, as given in the first part of this 

 outline. The leaves of the sycamore, linden, catal- 

 pa, cherry, beech, hickory, oak, elm, horse chestnut, 

 walnut and locust have already been studied as to 

 form, variation, color, etc. So it will be an easy 

 matter now to select the trees that bear them. Be- 

 fore starting on this visit to the woods it will be 

 well for the teacher to supply each of the children 

 with a number of cards on each of which may be 

 written near the upper margin the name of a tree 

 whose leaf has already been studied by the pupil. 

 On entering the woods the children holding these 

 cards will separately search for the tree or trees 

 named on these cards. On finding the object 

 of their search they will write on their respective 

 cards a brief description of bark, and shape of 

 tree, write signature, pin the card upon the tree 

 described and return to the teacher. These cards 

 thus pinned to the tree will stand as evidence of 



