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LESSON XXXVII 

 GERMINATION 



Several weeks before it is time to prepare a school garden 

 some work in germination may.be done in the schoolroom. 



Experiments. Make meshes 2X2 inches with sticks 

 tacked together crosswise, and place them in a sand pan or 

 other shallow vessel. Cover the meshes with cotton batting, 



GERMINATION PAN 



and keep them wet. Let each pupil be assigned a mesh, 

 or "little garden," which he fills with a variety of seeds. 

 Large seeds, such as corn, bean, squash seeds, etc., are 

 preferable, but the variety should be great. Place the ger- 

 mination pan in a warm place, and have the pupils watch 

 the stages of germination and plant growth. 



If it is not convenient to get the germination pan, a small 

 piece of mosquito netting may be tied loosely over a tumbler 

 full of water and filled with seeds, which may be watched 

 while they sprout. A sponge filled with wheat and kept 

 moist will prove an interesting experiment. Any vessel filled 

 with sawdust will also serve for this work. Some seeds may 

 be planted in soil and allowed to grow without being handled 

 by the pupils. 



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