THE 



NATURE-STUDY 



Vol. 3, No. 7 



WHOLE NO. 22 



R E vmM. 





DEVOTED TO ALL PHASES OF NATURE-STUDY IN SCHOOLS 



CONTENTS 



PACB 



Nature-Study Course. E. R. Downing igi 



Educational Value of School-Gardens. L. A. Hatch 196 



Study of Germination. H. N. Loomts 200 



The Question of Common Names 206 



Book Reviews 207 



Nature-Study and Science Notes. C. A. Mathewson, Dept. Editor 209 



Published Monthly except June, July and August by M. A. BIGELOW, Managing Editor 



Entered as second-class matter at the Post-OfBce at Geneva, N. Y., March 27, 1906, under the act of 



Congress of March 3, 1879. 



