LESSON 21 
STREET TREES — RESULTS 
ue object of this exercise is to find and to enjoy 
~ the best street trees within reach. Every pupil 
must look for the finest trees and must use his 
own taste in deciding which trees are really best. 
This exercise of taste (as we call judgment in 
y reference to beauty) is an exceedingly important 
practice for the pupil. It will never do always 
to take some one else’s word for what is the best literature, what is 
good music or which are the most beautiful trees. The pupil’s own 
taste must be trained by exercise, and must eventually be satisfied 
with results. 
Another characteristic and important feature of this lesson is 
the search for what is best. The pupil is not asked to find the 
worst specimens, nor to make any comparison between best and 
worst. One should always seek to see the best and should pay the 
least possible attention to the worst. This attitude of mind is 
essential to art and is to be recommended in all departments of life. 
(For good scriptural support read Paul in Philippians 4 : 8.) 
Procedure 
Each pupil is directed to examine all street trees within reach 
and to answer in writing the following questions: 
1. Where is the best block of street trees in the town (city or 
other area under study)? 
2. What species are they? 
3. How old are they? 
4. How far apart are they spaced? How large are they? 
Give any interesting facts concerning them. 
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