THE GRADE PLAN 485 



GRADE IV 

 LESSONS WITH PLANTS 



COMPETITIVE FLOWER REARING: 

 Centaurea, Emperor William 



FLOWER CALENDAR 



STUDY OF WILD FLOWERS : 



Meadow rue Lady's slipper 



Purple avens Blue-eyed grass 



Indian pipe Thoroughwort 



Sundew Jack-in-the-pulpit 



Shad bush Corn cockle 

 Saxifrage 



GARDEN WORK : 



Vegetable garden ; parsnips, sage, horse radish 

 Wild-flower garden ; lessons on transplanting 



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FRUIT : 



Apples ; save and plant seeds, and learn varieties 



TREES : 



Butternut ; germinate nut Mulberry ; propagate from cuttings 



FLOWERLESS PLANTS : 



Mushrooms ; collect specimens, learn to recognize poisonous 

 Amanitas 



MYTHS, LEGENDS, STORIES, POEMS, AND PICTURES OF THE PLANTS 

 AND ANIMALS FOR THIS GRADE 



