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4. Fruits that serve as food for the fall and winter birds; such as 

 mountain ash, barberry, bittersweet, burning bush, hackberry, 

 dogwood, smilax, snowberry, sumac, viburnum, identification 

 of these shrubs from fruit and leaf. 

 Problems — 



What kind of fruits do shrubs bear that birds like to eat? 

 How may these shrubs be identified? 



III. Some Friends and Foes of the Garden. 



1. Insect friends and foes; such as potato beetle, white grub, cut- 



worm, cabbage worm, corn ear worm, bees, lady beetles, 

 harm or good done, remedies for injurious kinds. 

 Problems — 



What harm have insects done to the garden during the past summer? 



In what ways have insects been helpful? 



2. Bird friends; fall migration of birds; nest census (after fall of 



leaves.) 

 Problems — 



How do the activities of birds now differ from their activities last 



spring? 

 Which are among the first birds to leave, and which stay the longest? 

 How many birds' nests can we find in the trees growing within two 



blocks of the school house? 

 3. Toad. 

 Problem — ■ 

 What does the toad do for us? 



IV. Aquarium Studies. 



Water plants. 

 Problem. 



How do plants that live in the water differ from those that live on 

 land? 



V. Fall Sports. 



Bicycling, bicycle pump, compressed air. 

 Problems — 



Which is the better bicycle the kind with or without chains? 



What is the difference in the different makes of bicycles? 



Seasonal Order of Topics 



September October November 



Flowers of spring bulbs. Weeds. Fruit trees. 



Flowers of vine crops. Vine crops. Plant bulb indoors. 



Annual cultivated vines. Gard en insects. Tree fruits. 



Perennial cultivated vines. Mosses and lichens. Nest census. 



Wild vines. Plant bulbs outdoors. Fruits for birds. 



Start vine calendar. Fall migration of birds. Bicycling. 



Toad Water plants. 



