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B. Encourage the children to plant some of the seeds mentioned 

 above. 

 Lessons on the planting of these seeds and the subsequent 

 care which these groups of plants require. 

 Problems — 



Why would you like to have a garden at home? 



How can root vegetables be raised? 



How can the hardy annual flowers be raised? 



Seasonal Order of Topics 



March 

 Give out seed envelopes. 

 Twigs of trees. 

 Plant seeds in room or 



cold frame. 

 Start bird calendar. 

 Blue jay. 

 English sparrow. 

 Form bird club. > 



April 

 Robin. 

 Bluebird. 



How plants use water. 

 Lessons on home 



garden. 

 First spring flowers. 

 Chipping sparrow. 

 House for wren. 



May 

 Calendar of garden flowers. 

 Wren. 



Later spring flowers. 

 Oriole. 



Bird fountains. 

 Flowers from bulbs. 

 Yellow warbler. 



Fifth Grade 



Fall 

 Garden Studies. 



1. Cultivated flowers — tender annuals; such as aster, balsam, 



calendula, cosmos, four-o'clock, marigold, portulaca, velvet 



flower. 

 Problems — 



Which would you prefer to have in your garden marigold or cosmos? 



How may each of these flowers be identified? 



Why is the velvet flower a desirable flower to have in our gardens? 



2. Planting bulbs. 



A. For outdoor blooming; lilies and early spring flowers such 



as crocus, glory of the snow, snowdrop, blue bells. 

 Plant in school garden and encourage children to plant 

 at home. 



B. For indoor blooming during the winter — lily of the valley or 



crocus. 

 Problems — 



How can we have early flowers next spring? 



How can we have flowers in the schoolroom next winter? 



3. House plants. 

 Problems — 



What plants will do well indoors? 

 What care do these plants require? 



4. Vegetables whose fruit or seeds are eaten; such as tomato, egg 



plant, corn, peas, beans. 



