132 NATURE-STUDY REVIEW [11:3— Mar., 1915 



Fourth Grade 



Fall 

 I. Garden Studies. 



1. Cultivated flowers — hardy annuals, such as bachelor's button, 



candytuft, nasturtium, phlox, California poppy, sweet alyssum 



petunia, zinnia. 

 Problems — 



Which would you prefer to have in your garden the nasturtium or 



bachelor's button? (or comparison of any two flowers.) 

 What are the best ways of telling these flowers apart? (taking one 



or two at a time.) 

 Why do you like the nasturtium? 

 Which of these flowers are not killed by the first severe frosts? 



2. Planting bulbs. 



A. For outdoor planting — tulips (single, double, Darwin, 



parrot); daffodils (single, double); jonquils (single, 

 double). (Plant in school garden and encourage the 

 children to plant at home.) 



B. For indoor blooming during the winter — double jonquil or 



daffodil. 

 Problems — 



How may we get flowers in the early spring? 



How may we have flowers in the schoolroom next winter? (See type 

 lesson, page 164.) 



3. Vegetables whose roots are eaten; such as beet, carrot, oyster, 



plant, parsnip, turnip, kohlrabi, celeriac. 

 Problems — 



How are root vegetables grown? 



Which of these makes the best kind of food? 



In what ways are these vegetables cooked? 



II. Plants in Nature's garden. 



1. Flowers that grow in shady places such as, wood aster, tall bell 



flower, boneset, cone flower, elm leafed goldenrod, white let- 

 tuce, white snakeroot, woodland sunflower, touch-me-not, 

 lobelia. 

 Problems — 



What is the best way of telling each of these flowers from other 



flowers? 

 Which do you like the better of any two of these flowers? 



2. Plants without flowers. 



Mushrooms. 

 Problem — 



How do the various mushrooms differ from each other? 



3. Nut trees; such as butternut, walnut, hickories, oaks. Keep 



calendar of coloring and fall of leaves. 



