Education and Agriculture 



tions of plants to illustrate some particular 

 feature, e.g., the way in which they propagate 

 themselves by seeds, runners, etc., or the way 

 in which they climb. Collecting and naming 

 the grasses found locally, and classifying them 

 into useful, useless, and injurious common field 

 weeds, and mounting them and describing them 

 with a view to studying why they are so pre- 

 valent, and what would be the best means for 

 eradicating them. Observing the germination 

 of seeds in school or out of doors, and study- 

 ing the conditions favourable to plant growth. 

 Collecting leaves, fruit, bark, wood, etc., of 

 common forest trees, with a view to recognition. 

 Studying injury to plant or animal life by 

 insects, and studying the life history of these 

 insects. Keeping a nature calendar. Making 

 a collection of farm and garden seeds ; deter- 

 mining the percentage of germination and 

 purity of samples. Studying the habits of birds, 

 and especially poultry, and keeping records. 

 Making a scrap book of different breeds of farm 

 stock, studying the local physical geography, 

 with especial reference to the soils, their depth 

 and character, and the crops and wild plants 

 that grow upon each. 



Drawing should be of two kinds : — 

 I. Nature Drawing. — The careful drawing of 

 the flower, leaf, root, etc., of a plant, the open- 

 ing of a bud, etc., and afterwards colouring it, is 



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