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nips or kohlrabi (or cabbage started indoors) succeeding radish or 

 lettuce. 



Grade 6 — Snapdragon or petunia (starting indoors) . Verbena 

 and California poppy or true poppies. Gladiolus bulbs or dahlias 

 started in spring, or hardy bulbs in the fall. House plants (as 

 geranium, begonia) started from cuttings in fall or winter. 

 Squashes and corn or potatoes, with fertilizer tests, spraying, etc. 



Grades 7-9 — Choice of any of the preceding or of other plants. 

 Work by selected groups or individuals with commercial gardens 

 (larger areas, club contests, etc.), experimental plots, decorating 

 of grounds, planting herbaceous perennials, shrubbery, trees, etc. 



In any grade plants grown before may be chosen again. 



In ungraded schools or where gardening must be limited to 

 a smaller number of grades or plants, the following (somewhat 

 in order of difficulty of growing them) are recommended: 



Vegetables: radish, lettuce, beets, cereals, grasses, clover 

 corn, potatoes, cabbage, tomatoes, squash or cucumber. 



Flowers: nasturtium, alyssum, morning glory, zinnia, phlox, 

 balsam, pinks, asters, cosmos, petunia, or snapdragon; bulbs in 

 any grade; cuttings in middle or higher grades. 



OUTLINE OF THE COURSE 

 GRADE I. Continued in Grade II 



(See for each Grade, leaflet "Plants Recommended for Children's Gardens") 

 Teachers to be provided with the leaflets referred to. These mention 

 additional sources of information, etc. 



Garden Trips (in fall) 



Teacher conducts children to gardens. 



Teaches to recognize and name common vegetables and flowers (at least 

 those to be planted the next spring), such as corn, beans, tomato, squash, 

 sunflower, nasturtium, etc ; also common trees, as elm, maple, pine, apple. 



Open friuts and find seeds inside (squash, beans, apples, etc.) 



Harvesting 



Teach the children how to pick flowers. 



Children observe and learn to help if possible in harvesting and storing 

 vegetables and fruits. Kinds of food from gardens and fields for people 

 and other animals. Connect with Thanksgiving. 



Food stored for winter in barns, cellars, corn cribs, etc. 



Seasonal changes. Effect of frost. Preparation for winter (plants, 

 animals, man). 



