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them. They are submitted as samples of first-year pupils' 

 work, during February and March, 1894, in Chatham (N. J.) 

 public school, lowest primary classes, Miss M. Alice Gulick, 

 teacher. The drawings are made by the pupils; not one has 

 been doctored. They have been copied by tracing, and then 



FIG. 4. 



inked line for line. The children range from six to eight 

 years of age. Lessons are given in the following order : 



I. The Scar (hilum). This is where the seed grew to the 

 pod. The scar is interesting to observe. It varies so in 

 size. The children are given many kinds of seeds just 

 to observe the scars. Beans, pease, almonds, chestnuts, 



