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NATURE STUDY AND LIFE 



know, and for other sections the teachers, at some of their 

 local meetings, should appoint a committee to arrange a 



suitable list. 



It has been thought by teach- 

 ers of long experience that, be- 

 side the casual acquaintance of 

 a good many more, it will not 

 be too much to learn a little 

 more fully twelve plants a year, 

 grouping, drawing, and writing 

 lessons about them. The chil- 

 dren should be directed to fol- 

 low their growth, learn their 

 habitats, make collections of 

 their seeds, and be able to tell 

 the plant by a leaf, flower, or 

 seed. If this be done during 

 the eight grades, the children 

 should have formed a practical 

 acquaintance with about one 

 hundred of our common plants. 

 A number of poisonous plants 

 occur, either widely distributed 

 or locally, in the United States. ^ 

 Fourteen of these are included 

 in the above lists, and they may 

 be briefly described below. The 



Fig. 43. Fringed Gentians 



(Photographed, but not plucked, by 

 the author) 



IV. K. Chesnut. "Thirty Poisonous 

 Plants of the United States," Farmer's 

 Bulletin, No. 86, United States Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture. 32 pp., 24 figures. This can be obtained gratis on 

 application to the Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C. 



