. The American forest : or, Uncle Philip's conversations with the children about the trees of America . owledge of trees and their uses is notlikely to prove so important to females as tomen; but for many reasons it is desirablethat they should know, at least, something 60 C0NVERSATI0N3 ON THE about-thein. And for this great reason,among the rest, that the study, hke that of allother natural objects, tends to enlarge themind, and to carry the thoughts up to thegreat and beneficent Being from whom we re-ceive all our blessings; the mighty trees thatlift their tops towards the clouds, with their
. The American forest : or, Uncle Philip's conversations with the children about the trees of America . owledge of trees and their uses is notlikely to prove so important to females as tomen; but for many reasons it is desirablethat they should know, at least, something 60 C0NVERSATI0N3 ON THE about-thein. And for this great reason,among the rest, that the study, hke that of allother natural objects, tends to enlarge themind, and to carry the thoughts up to thegreat and beneficent Being from whom we re-ceive all our blessings; the mighty trees thatlift their tops towards the clouds, with theirmajesty of form, the beauty of their foliage,and their infinite variety of properties, are allthe works of His hand, and tell of his good-ness and his power. Let your sisters know,then, that Uncle Philip will be heartily gladto see them ; and the oftener they come, themore he will be pleased. And now, boys,good night. Come to me again wheneveryou have time, and would rather sit still thanrun about playing. That we will, Uncle Philip. Who wouldhave thought that so much was to be learnedabout trees !. The Sugar Mai CONVERSATION III. Uncle Philip tells the Boys and Girls aboutMaple-trees^ and how to viake Maple-svgar. Good day, Uncle Philip; we have cometo put you in mind of your promise, to tell usabout the maples ; the beautiful maples thatgive us such nice sugar and sirup to eatwith our buckwheat cakes. And Uncle Philip is very glad to see you,my children ; he is always pleased to talkwith good little boys and girls, and to tellthem any thing that he knows. You spokeof the maple just now, my dears, as thoughthere was but one kind; you must knowthat there are no less than fourteen : but onlyseven of them are found in this country; theothers are peculiar to Europe, and thereforeI shall not say much about them. We know three of the kinds. Uncle Philip ; 64 CONVERSATIONS ON THE tlie sugar maple, the curled maple, and thebirds-eye maple. • But you are mistaken, my dears ; thecurle
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