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hitherto considered, and emphasizing the physiological part. Have 

 children grow mould on bread. 



WINTER. Have children collect and study lichens and toadstools 

 and read Chapter IV. 



SPRING. Study of a flower in detail, the peony if accessible, other- 

 wise the buttercup. Read first part of Chapter VII. Drill in point- 

 ing out parts of other flowers collected. 



FIEXD WORK. Continue third grade work, but let pupils keep 

 individual lists with dates, continuing to add to them during the sum- 

 mer vacation. Have common wayside plants, such as bur-clover and 

 filaree included. 



FIFTH GRADE. 



Main topic for the year's work, climate and vegetation. 



AUTUMN. Have children collect summer and autumn plants, study 

 them with experiments, then read Chapter III. Emphasize transpira- 

 tion current, and the necessity for maintaining the balance between 

 water supply and evaporation. 



WINTER Chapter V, preceded by preparatory work. Collect and 

 study ferns ; read Chapter VI. 



SPRING. Study fig and other common trees of the vicinity not 

 previously taken up. Read Chapter VIII. Observation work with 

 grasses, wild oats as a type ; also with palms, calla, canna and banana. 

 Correlate this work closely with Geography. With the chapter on 

 trees, talk of trees of different climates ; let grasses suggest grains, 

 sugar cane and bamboo ; the fig, India rubber ; the canna, the tropi- 

 cal aroids, and so on. Dwell on the palms of economic importance 

 and teach something of the plants that yield cotton, tea, coffee, spices, 

 tapioca and the like. Consult the Supplement to Chapters XIII and 

 XIV using index. If only local geography is taught in this grade, 

 defer this work and take that suggested in the next grade. 



FIELD WORK. Continue the collecting and the lists with dates, 

 adding to the lists and comparing dates with dates of previous years. 



SIXTH GRADE. 



Review of plant physiology and more detailed study of pollination 

 of flowers. 



AUTUMN. Review physiological parts of Chapters I, II, III, 

 and V. 



WINTER AND SPRING. Study pollination of some of the follow- 

 ing flowers ; four-o'clock, poppy, shooting star, violet, cluster lily, 

 Mariposa lily, nemophilas, Gilias, nightshade, lupine, Mimulus, 

 Collinsia, painted cup, owl's clover, Pentstemon, larkspur, cactus, 



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