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BULLETIN 863, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



Study of winter buds, with drawings of buds and twig arrange- 

 ment. 



Collect tree blossoms from red and silver maples, willows, catalpa, 

 elm, oak, dogwood, tulip poplar, basswood, buckeye, and magnolia. 



Field study. 1 — Now to the woods, that you may come into personal 

 touch with the forest trees of your own neighborhood. 





Leaves: The leaf is the trade-mark of the trees. Gather the 

 leaves, study and compare them to gain a first knowledge of the trees 

 as individuals, then as groups. The tulip poplar writes its name 



1 The sections on field study in Lessons I and III were contributed by Miss Lucy Kellerhouse, of the 

 Forest Service. 



