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coming- over a period of several weeks. In this way a body of 

 knowledge has 1)een built up for each group and greater help 

 has been given to the schools for their work in geography and 

 nature study, so that during 1929, classes of forty to fifty indi- 

 viduals each have ])ecn coming, rather than groups of from eighty 

 to one hundred and fifty or more, such as we have had in years 

 past. Eighteen different schools have availed themselves of this 

 group system of visiting class work. It might be of interest here 

 to note that the emphasis placed upon this ])hase of the work at 

 the Brooklyn Botanic Garden is equally stressed at the Field 

 Museum in Chicago. Typical lists of lessons given in a series 

 are as follows : 



Fu'TH Grade 



Spring 



1. Demonstration lessons on seed planting 



2. Soil (Experiments) 



3. Seed planting (Greenhouse) 



4. Trees (Outdoor excursion) 



5. Seed pricking- (Greenhouse) 



6. Seed dispersal (Grounds) 



7. Seeds (Demonstration) 



8. Spring: Wild and Garden Flowers (Lantern talk) 



9. Flowers and plants for classrooms (Demonstration with material) 



10. Meariing of a flower 



11. Spring walk (Tree walk) % 



12. Japanese Garden (Outdoor excursion) 



JuxioK High School 

 Spring 



1. Demonstration lessons on seed planting (Greenhouse) 



2. Soil (Experiments) 



3. Seed planting (Greenhouse) 



4. Seed pricking (Greenhouse) 



5. Trees (Outdoor excursion) 



6. l^orms and functions of leaves (Blueprints) 



7. Seeds 



8. Field trip — Ecology (Grounds) 



9. House plants (Demonstration) 



10. Shrubs (Grounds) 



11. Story of plant life (Lantern talk) 



12. Spring walk 



