PART I 



LIST OF SUBJECTS FOR 1915-1916 IN NATURE 

 STUDY AND IN ELEMENTARY AGRICULTURE AS 

 OUTLINED IN THE NEW YORK STATE. SYLLABUS 



BIRDS 



For special study, the chickadee and the hen; to be recognized, any 

 two of the winter birds and any five of the following: bluebird, chipping 

 sparrow, brown creeper, l^arn swallow, pewee, oriole, hawk, crow, flicker, 

 Maryland yellowthroat. 



ANIMALS 



For special study, the horse and the cow; to be recognized, any four 

 of the following: donkey, deer, turtle, field mouse, squirrel, woodchuck. 



INSECTS 



For special study, the monarch or (for Adirondack region) the sovereign 

 butterfly, and one biting and one sucking insect; to be recognized, any 

 four of the following: grasshopper, wasp, cricket, potato beetle, house 

 fly, luna moth, dragon fly. 



PLANTS 



For special study, the corn; to ]:)e recognized, one of the clovers, one 

 of the grains, one of the grasses, and any six of the following: violet, pansy, 

 aster, milkweed, skunk cabbage, claytonia, poppy, pear, lady's-slipper, 

 sweet clover, cabbage, carrot, also any four of the following weeds: bur- 

 dock, white daisy, shepherd's purse, wild carrot. 



TREES ^ 



For special study, the oak and one conifer; to be recognized, two kinds 

 of fruit trees and any five of the following: American hop hornbeam, or 

 ironwood, arbor vitce, aspen, l)uttemut, catalpa, sassafras, shadbush, 

 sycamore, witch-hazel. 



1 There is no tree work outlined in the syllabus for this year, but in this leaflet is giyen some material on 

 common trees in which many of the schools of the State are interested. 



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