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THE NATURE-STUDY REVIEW 



L6:5-May, 1910 



Comprising over twenty packets of selected seeds, such as are 

 irrown on Ontario farms. 



7. School Collection of Tree Seeds — 25 cents. — Compris- 

 ing the seeds of about twenty different kinds of forest and culti- 

 vated trees. 



8. Weed Seed Collection — 25 cents. — A mounted collec- 

 tion of the seeds of thirty-five common weeds, useful for refer- 

 ence or as a suggestion for weed seed mounting. 



9. School Collection of Tulip Bulbs — $1.50. — A collection 

 of 120 bulbs, suitable for a formal bed or for planting in a border 

 and for fall planting. 



10. School Collection of Hardy Climbers — $1.00. — A col- 

 lection of Virginia Creeper, Boston Ivy, and Climbing Roses, 

 for training on the school walls, covering outbuildings, etc. 



There has been a very marked and enthusiastic response to 

 the Division's announcement in several counties of the province. 

 The interest is directly traceable to the activity of the School 

 Inspector in most cases; where the inspectors are not interested 



THE BACK YARD GARDEN OF ONE OF OUR HAMILTON' GARDENERS FROM THE 

 CHARLTON AVENUE SCHOOL, 1909 



in the work very few teachers undertake it. In all there are 

 more than three hundred teachers co-operating and the majority 

 of these are in rural schools. Many of the teachers who en- 

 gaged in the work last year are continuing it. 



Instruction sheets are sent to the teachers, outlining plans 



