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or some other out-door thing for several days or weeks and write 

 in your note-book all that you can learn from your observations. 

 Such records will be very interesting to Uncle John. 



LESSON v.— A COLLECTION OF SEEDS. 



" I like the plants which you call weeds, — 

 Sedge, hardback, mullein, yarrow, — 

 That knit their roots and sift their seeds 

 Where any grassy wheel-track leads 

 Through country by-ways narrow." — Lucy Larcom. 



Brown fields, brown weeds, brown tree trunks; let us look at them 

 all. Let us study the old brown weeds. 



Girls and boys like to make collections of things. How many 

 different kinds of seeds can you find these November days? Suppose 

 all the members of the club spend one week collecting seeds and 

 let us know at the end of that time how many different kinds you 

 have found? Which weed in seed-time interests you most? Why? 



LESSON VL— HOW TO GROW PAPER WHITE NARCISSUS. 



John W. Spencer. 



Materials: A glass dish that will hold about a quart. Some 

 clean sand and pebbles. Six bulbs of Paper White Narcissus that 

 can be bought for a few cents. 



When the materials are all ready this is what Uncle John wants 



you to do: Put the sand in the bottom of your glass dish, then set 



your bulbs up on end ; not too close, about an inch apart will be the 



best. The bulbs stand up as straight as six little majors. Place 



the pebbles in between the bulbs and on the outside of them. The 



pebbles are props which keep the little majors standing as straight 



as you have placed them. Pour some water into the dish so that 



the bulbs are three-quarters covered. Put the water in carefully 



that you may not wash the sand and pebbles out of place. Set 



the dish in the window and the Narcissus plants will be ready to grow. 



All you will need to do is to occasionally add water. Each week I 



wish you would write us the changes you see, even the smallest 



changes. When your plants have blossomed send your old Uncle 



John your notes. 



Note : — Please send Uncle John the name of the boy who makes the largest 

 collection of seeds. 



