CORNELL 



R\j[ral School Leaflet 



Published monthly by the New York State College of Agriculture at 

 Cornell University, from September to May. L.H.Bailey, Director. 



ALICE G. McCLOSKEY, Editor 

 Professors G. F. WARREN and CHARLES H. TUCK, Advisers 



Vol. I. ITHACA, N. Y., OCTOBER, 1907. No. 2 



Wvtx ti|^ liiU tip farm-boij gors. 



ij^xsi slmham Irngtlt^tta along tip lanb. 



A giant staff in a giant Ijanb; 



3ltt tip \iopi<xr-txn, nhont tip spring, 



OIIi? katyiiiiJ brgins tfl sing; 



®Iyp rarlrg ipuis ar? falling; — 



HIntfl tit? stnnp-l|rap Jiarts t\}t mink; 



®I|? smallouia aktm tl]? riucr*a brink; 



Anii l|0m? to tl|0 mon^lanii fig tip rrouis, 



Mlirn ourr tip i|iU tip farm-bnu gors. . 



djr^riln railing, 



"Cflo'. boss! (Ea\ bnss! (En*! (En'I (En'!'* 

 iFartI|rr, fartl|rr, nurr tip I|ill. 

 iFaintlg railing, railing still, 

 "aio\ boss! (En*, boss! (En'I (En'!'* 



John T. Trowbridge. 



LESSOX I. NO TWO PLANTS ARE ALIKE. Figs i and 2. 



By L. H. Bailey. 



Object. — To acquaint the learner with the great fact of variation, 

 that no two plants or animals are duplicates, that all living things have 

 individuality. This is the first generalization that the pupil should make 

 about animals and plants. 



The materials are any two or more plants of the same kind, or any 

 two or more animals. For the present, we will confine ourselves to 

 plants. A row of corn, of beans, of potatoes, of China asters, a number 

 of stalks of wheat or grass, a number of trees or bushes, afford facilities 

 for the study. Any two plants anywhere give the facts. 



The method is to see a plant accurately and then to compare it with 

 another plant of the same .species or kind. In order to direct and con- 



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