BEXOiT] VARIETIES OF RADISHES 101 



intensive study of certain natural groups — trees, birds, crop plants, 

 insects, bacteria — in their relation to man, for about this time 

 man is supplanting nature as the center of education. 



As for the daily selection of material and methods of pre- 

 sentation — this must be worked out by the individual teacher in 

 her local environment and it is in this connection that the point 

 of view is so important. What is fit for the "garbage barrel'' in 

 the hands of one teacher may be invaluable as treated by another 

 with a different view point, a broader horizon, a truer conception 

 of what the school should do for the child. Hence, no matter 

 how many examples are cited of nature-study that is fit for the 

 "garbage barrel." let us remember that it is not the fault of the 

 subject taught but rather it is the teacher who is responsible for 

 wise use of her own and her pupils' time. 



Varieties of Radishes 



Emily Benoit. 



A Student's Garden Report. 



The purpose of this experiment was to find out what radishes 

 were the best for use in a school garden of the vicinity. The ex- 

 periment was tried in Bloomfield, N. J., in connection with the 

 school garden work in the Xature-Study department of the state 

 Xormal School at Upper Montclair, New Jersey. 



I. \'arieties, 10. 



James Vick's seeds. 



a — I'rench breakfast, or scarlet olive shaped white tip. 



^— Extra early scarlet turnip-rooted. 



c — White turnip. 



d — Early round dark red. 



e — Vick's early scarlet globe. 



/ — Turnip (red). 



g — Scarlet olive-shaped. 



Ii — Philadelphia white box. 



/ — \"ick's all season. 



j — Scarlet turnip white tip (rosy gem). 



II. Planting. 



On April 8th the ground was dug and freed from stones, 

 then well manured and allowed to stand until April loth. 



