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Junior Natuualist Monthly. 



A cool and shady shed or the hottom of a cellar is one of the best 

 places for a plant to recover. 



In what Teddy calls the hospital the conditions are such that the parts 



of the plant that are in the air will not 



grow and will make but little demand 



on the roots for water. 



^^ ^^^^^^^^ This will give the wounded roots a 



/ »^ ^^^^^^^^1 chance to recover and to get a fresh 



hold on the soil. 



After about ten days the plant may 

 be given light, a big part of which may 

 be shade and a little part sunshine, so 

 that the growth of the working roots 

 may keep ahead of the growth of the 

 leaves. 



It should not be given the warmth 

 of a living room for some time after 

 this. 



If you have a patient, telephone 

 Doctor Teddy to send his ambulance 

 to your home. 



PEPPERPOD AND PEPPERGRASS 



This is Little Miss Pepperpod. She is called that 

 because she has a bit of a temper, enough so that she 

 does not give up easily when she has hard things 

 to do. 



Last term at school she raised some peppergrass in 

 an egg-shell farm. A bite of peppergrass sandwich 

 has made her wish for a bigger farm. 



Little Miss Pepperpod has found a quart berry-box. 



She will fill it with good soil and have a big pepper- 

 grass farm. 



But sec the big holes in the berry-box. Pepperpod 

 can ])ut her fingers through them. 



She must in some way stop the holes. If she does 

 not, the soil will leak away when she waters her farm. 



Little Miss Pepperpod borrows her mamma's shears. 

 She learned to cut paper at the Kindergarten. 



^^'hen she is through, the pa])er will be neatly cut 

 and will make a tidy fit for the berry-box. 



She is now at the age when she is fond of doing use- 

 ful things. 



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