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Rural School Leaflet. 



If you find a bird's nest to take to the school- room, be able to give your 

 teacher information as to where you found it,— whether in a tree or on 

 the ground. If in a tree, was it high or low? How was it concealed? 

 Was it in the woods or in an orchard? P^or your lesson in the school- 

 room find out the materials from which it was made. The bird's nest 

 illustrated in Fig. 1 1 belonged to a red-winged blackbird and was found 

 in a marshy place. I am sure that you will all think it a very attractive 

 bird home, built as it was among the cat-tails and wild roses. 



Fig. II. — Nest of red-zvingcd blackbird. 



JVaysidi' plants.- — There are many wayside plants that you will find 

 in Ijlossom in October. Have one of each kind represented on the 

 Nature-Study table. If members of the class will bring l)ottles to school 

 and keep them tilled with water, the blossoms of the wayside i)lants can 

 be i)lace(l in them. Then the ]^lants will kcc]) fresh long enough for 

 you to make a studv of tliem. Often you will find a great many kinds 

 of one plant grouj:>. Last fall I found twelve different kinds of golden- 

 rod. There are also manv kinds of asters. If vour teacher will send for 



