F O R THE USE OF TEAC H E R S . 



No. 10, 



Leaflet 



On Nature Study. 



Especially Adapted to the Use of Children in Schools 

 IN Rural Districts. 



PREPARED BY THE 



FACULTY OF PURDUE UNIVERSITY. 



A TALK ABOUT TREES. 



By Prof. Stanley Coulter. 



Ha\e you ev#r thought in how many ways wood was used? Suppose 

 you take a pencil and paper and make a list of all the different articles 

 that are .made of wood. You will find you mil need a pretty large 

 piece of paper before you are through. Of course, you will put down 

 as the first thing houses and buildings of various kinds, and then, per- 

 haps, you will put down the furniture. If you go out into the kitchen 

 you will find other things made of wood, and if you go to the barn or 

 tool house you will find still others. When you travel on the railroad 

 vou will find the rails rest on wooden ties, and that the telegraph wires 

 are held in place by wooden poles. If you live near a river, the steam- 

 ers and skiffs and wharf boats will be found to be largely of wood. The 

 merchant gets his goods in wooden boxes, and the miller packs his 

 flour in wooden barrels. But I am not going to tell you how many 

 things are made from wood, for I want you to make as long a list 

 as you can yourself. I think it would be interesting for you, though, 

 to have your teacher tell you how paper is made from wood, because 

 perhaps you do not live where you can see how it is done. 



It is because the trees are so useful to us that I think all of us ought 

 to learn all that we can about them. So in this leaflet I am going to 

 talk to you about trees. Do you know how many different kinds of 

 trees grow in Indiana? It has taken me a good many years to flnd 

 out, and as xou will not be able to flnd them all near your home I will 



