Rural School Leaflet. 



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the Home Nature-Study Course she will be able to help you in learning 

 the differences in some of the fall blossoms that look very much alike. 



Each child in the school should make a special study of a plant this 

 year. The plant should be brought into the school-room and cared for 

 until the school-house gets too cold. During the time the plants are there 

 keep a record of them. They might be placed in the windows, or where 

 thev will get light, and they will thrive according to the care they receive. 



Fig, 12. — Plants grozcii by pupils. 



When the cold weather comes you might have a plant day, as a class did 

 in one of our public schools. You could exhibit your plants in the 

 Nature-Study Corner or have them on your desks and invite your parents 

 to see them. It would be an interestingg exercise for each child to give a 

 history of his plant from the first day he brought it into the school-room. 

 Some plants will show improvement and some, I fear, may show neglect. 

 If you have a plant day, let us hear about it. 



LETTERS TO THE COLLEGE. 

 It is a good thing for boys and girls to write letters. Occasionally 

 your teacher will ask you to write one for your language lesson, and I 

 wish you would ask her to let you write to Uncle John Spencer about 

 your nature-study work. We shall be glad to hear from you once every 

 month, or oftener. We have promised to send a picture to every child 

 who will write three good letters during the year. By a good letter we 

 mean one in which you give an account of something out-of-doors that 



