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But you must tell me something about the pumpkin itself. You 

 have made jack-lanterns, and you will know. You know the Hub- 

 bard squash; but why did you never make a jack-lantem from one? 

 Look at the pumpkin and the Hubbard squash again. If you live in 

 town, you can stop at the grocer's and see them. But I suggest 

 that you children take some pumpkins and squashes to the school- 

 house, — all the kinds you can find. Put them on the platform or on 

 the table. If they are nicely arranged, I am sure you will think them 

 handsome. Then write Uncle John. 



5. How many different kinds (or shapes) of pumpkins do you 

 know? 



6. What kind of stem does the pumpkin have? How does it differ 

 in this respect from the Hubbard squash? 



7. Look at the blossom end of both; how do they differ? 



8. Look at their shape and tell how they differ. 



9. Can you see any difference in the seeds of the pumpkin and the 

 Hubbard squash? 



10. Explain any difference in color. 



If you cannot secure a Hubbard squash, then make the observa- 

 tions on the pumpkin alone. 



LESSON IL— STAGHORN SUMACS IN NOVEMBER. 



Ralph W. Curtis. 



The woods are not dead because the leaves have fallen. The trees 

 now stand out bold and free with masks thrown aside, as it were, and 

 faces bare. Look at that sturdy oak! And yonder elm, how grace- 

 ful its outlines! See how the lombardy poplar points heavenward 

 like a church spire in the landscape. Notice the ivory branches of 

 the sycamore, the beautiful gray of the beech trunks, the outstretched 

 limbs of the chestnut, the gnarled and twisted branches of the little 

 hawthorn. 



And there are the sumacs. Now that the leaves are gone and 

 woods and fields take on the soft grays and browns of winter, how the 

 great crimson heads of the sumac stand out big and clear, easy to 

 see from far away. 1. Let us see what we can learn from these 

 common shrubs. 



A Few Suggestions. 



1. Look at the colony of sumacs for a few minutes. Write in 

 your note-books answers to the following: 



Where is the colony growing? In the open field? In the fence 

 corner? On the edge of the wood? 

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