HOME NATURE-STUDY COURSE. 



TEACHERS' LEAFLET. 



USED OX TME WORK FOR THIRD YEAR PUPILS AS OUTLINED IN THE SYLLA- 

 BUS OF NATURE STL'DY AND AGRICULTURE ISSUED BY THE NEW YORK 

 STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT. 



THE TRILLIUMS OR WAKE ROBINS. 



Preliminary ivork. — 

 The tri^lium season is n 

 long one; it begins in 

 April with the Purple 

 Wake Robin or Birth 

 root, the trillium with 

 purple, red or sometimes 

 yellowish flowers. The 

 season ends in June with 

 the last of the great, 

 white trilliums which 

 flush pink instead of 

 lading in old age. The 

 children are alwa\s in- 

 terested in these flowers ; 

 and when the first tril- 

 liums are brought to the 

 school is the proper time 

 for giving this lesson. 

 The trilliums are par- 

 ticularly well adapted for 

 planting in the shaded 

 part (jf a garden. The 

 editor many years ago 

 planted some trilliums 

 at the north side of her 

 house and they have 

 given flowers every year 

 since. 



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Plioto by \ erne Morton 



White bulterfly hidiiiir in blossom of the great white 

 Wake Robin. 

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