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GOLDEN-ROD. 



Where do you find golden-rod growing? Perhaps some bright 

 afternoon the teacher will let you have a golden-rod hunt, not to gather 

 great quantities of golden-rod but to see how many kinds you can find. 

 Some persons think that all golden-rod is alike but Junior Naturalists 

 will find different kinds. Take one specimen of each back to the school- 

 room so that you will have plenty of time to learn the ways in which 

 the sprays of blossoms differ. Then write to Uncle John and answer the 

 following questions: 



Where did you find the golden-rod growing? 

 How many kinds did you find? 

 About how high was each stem? 



Where were the blossoms, on the end or on the sides of the stems? 

 What difference did you find in the leaves? Are they round, broad, 

 toothed ? 



How do the stems differ in color? Is the stem hairy or smooth? 



RABBITS. 



Animals are related to each other as well as plants. If you learn 

 about them, you will sometime take great pleasure in finding out the 

 ways in which we know that certain animals are related. As you study 

 rabbits and squirrels, I wish you would try to learn whether they are 

 similar and in what ways. 



Many of you have had bunnies for pets, but I am not sure that you can 

 tell very much about them. Can you tell how many teeth Bunny has in 

 his jaws, and how these teeth are placed? Does he use his paws in 

 holding the food as he eats? Are the inner palms of the paws naked 

 like those of a squirrel or mouse, or are they furred? How do you 

 handle a rabbit when you take it from one place to another? How does 

 Mother Bunny move her family? All wild mothers have some way of 

 carrying their helpless young. 



A teacher told me of an interesting experience that she had in 

 conducting a drawing lesson for which rabbits were the models. One 

 of the pupils brought them to school, and all morning they cuddled in a 

 basket, making no disturbance. When it was time for the drawing 

 class their little master placed them on a table. They sat very still while 

 the class made their drawings, some pupils at the blackboard and the 

 others drawing on paper. When their master wanted them to sit up, 

 he lifted them bv the ears till each one sat up like a little post on hind 

 legs and tail. They remained quiet while the class worked. This 

 teacher wonders whether other rabbits would behave as well in the 



