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TO MAKE LEAF PRINTS 225 



Last spring, following a suggestion given in the Nature- 

 Study Review, the seventh grade tested the planting of radishes 

 with and without the use of fertilizers. The girls of the class 

 had complained that they did not get enough of the garden work 

 to do ; consequently, some of them were given charge of the 

 radish planting. Each of the six girls chosen for the work 

 planted a row both in the fertilized and the unfertilized plot. 

 Just one month to the day after the planting, the girls, anxious to 

 see results, began to pull up the radishes. It was found that in 

 that short time, in the fertilized plot, all but one of the six 

 varieties showed a good crop ready for gathering. The unfer- 

 tilized portion had not matured any of the varieties equal to the 

 other plot, and even the single longer-maturing variety showed a 

 marked increase in size in the fertilized plot. 



From year to year the result, and consequently, a satis- 

 factory culmination to the school garden effort, varies. But the 

 aim is to have each class look forward to a completion of the 

 particular garden problem they are attempting to express, and 

 through it all to obtain a glimpse of the depth and breadth of 

 meaning expressed in a seed. 



TO MAKE LEAF PRINTS 



By MARY EDGHILL, STUDENT IN BROOKLYN TRAlNrt'G 5(1 CCL HR 1FMHBS 



Butter a piece of paper very thinly on both sides. Rub off 

 the butter, leaving the paper merely translucent, and then hold 

 it over a candle flame until it becomes entirely black. Now place 

 your leaf right side down on the black sheet, cover with a piece 

 of paper, and rub so that the black will come off on your leaf. 

 After this, place the leaf on a sheet of drawing paper, cov- 

 ering as before, and again nil); being careful not to shift the 

 position of the leaf, and the impression of the leaf will come off 

 on the drawing paper. 



