OF EDUCATION 7 



The largest things in the landscape were the moun- 

 tains in the west and north, and the great hills in the 



east." Nina. 



The Sky. 



" The sky is the largest sight that we can ever see, 



and one of the most beautiful of all sights. It seems 



to be just as broad as the landscape, and it reaches 



down to the horizon all the way around. The sky 



looks like a great hollow dome, or canopy perfectly 



rounded in every part. It contains the blue air that 



keeps every plant and animal alive, and the beautiful 



clouds always changing their color and shape. The 



sun and moon are in the sky a part of the time, and 



the stars are always there, but we can see them 



only in the night because they are so far away." 



Dora. 

 The Trillium Plant. 



We all had a beautiful Trillium plant to study this 

 morning, and we are going to describe it in writing. 

 The Trillium grows about six inches high, and it is a 

 very interesting little plant. The lower part of the 

 stem is pink, and it shades off into light green in the 

 upper part, and dark green at the top. 



4 ' The plant has only three leaves and they grow in 

 a whorl near the top. The leaves are large for a 

 little plant like this. They are more than three inches 

 long and half as wide. They have a great many 



