. Handbook of nature-study for teachers and parents, based on the Cornell nature-study leaflets. Nature study. 726 Handbook of Nalure-Sttidy. A Pacific Coast live oak showing the effects of constant, strong winds from one direction. Photo by G. K. Gilbert. CoiirteKy of U. S. Geological Survey. TREE STUDY Teacher's Story "I wonder if they like it—being trees? I suppose they do. It must feel so good to have the ground so flat. And feel yourself stand straight up like that. So stiff in the middle, and then branch at ease. Big houghs that arch, small ones that bend and blow, And all those fri
. Handbook of nature-study for teachers and parents, based on the Cornell nature-study leaflets. Nature study. 726 Handbook of Nalure-Sttidy. A Pacific Coast live oak showing the effects of constant, strong winds from one direction. Photo by G. K. Gilbert. CoiirteKy of U. S. Geological Survey. TREE STUDY Teacher's Story "I wonder if they like it—being trees? I suppose they do. It must feel so good to have the ground so flat. And feel yourself stand straight up like that. So stiff in the middle, and then branch at ease. Big houghs that arch, small ones that bend and blow, And all those fringy leaves that flutter so. You'd think they'd break off at the lower end When the wind fills them, and their great heads bend. But when you think of all the roots they drop. As much at bottom as there is on top, A double tree, widespread in earth and air, Like a reflection in the water ; —"Tree Feelings" by Charlotte Perkins Stetson ATURAL is our love for trees! A tree is a living being, with a life comparable to our own. In one way it differs from us greatly: it is sta- tionary, and it has roots and trunk instead of legs and body; it is obliged to wait to have what it needs come to it, instead of being able to search the wide world over to satisfy its wants. THE PARTS OF THE TREE The head, or crown, is composed of the branches as a whole, which in turn are composed of the larger and smaller branches and twigs. The spray is the term given to the outer twigs, the finest divisions of the trunk, which bear the leaves and fruit. The branches are divisions of the bole, or trunk, which is the body, or stem, of the tree. The bole, at the base,. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Comstock, Anna Botsford, 1854-1930. Ithaca, N. Y. , Comstock Publishing Company
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