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VEGETABLES AT THANKSGIVING TDIE. 



How many of you in passing markets enjoy looking at the vegetables 

 spread out to attract purchasers? I sometimes find them as interesting 

 and often as handsome as flowers. Now, at this season of the year, when 

 the harvest time is past, you will see many varieties and I think you can 

 have some good Nature-Study lessons in connection with them. 



Suppose you plan to have different members of the class brine cer- 

 tain kinds of vegetables to school. John, perhaps, will get a fine, large 

 pumpkin; Mary might bring two or three carrots; Helen a squash; 



Fig. 6. — A collection of vegetables. How many kinds are tliere? 



Richard some beets; other members of the class might get a few onions, 

 some corn, beans, celery, or anything else that is grown in the country 

 round. Arrange the vegetables on a table in a corner of the room where 

 you can look at them. Then, when you have finished your other work, 

 answer the following questions and ask your teacher to send your written 

 observations to Uncle John : 



I. Write a list of the vegetables that are on the table and after each 

 one state what part of the vegetable has been harvested. Is it the whole 

 root, part of the root, the stem, or the fruit? 



