COURSE OF STUDY 



SEPTEMBER. 

 THOUGHT WORK. 



85 



Zoology 



Geography 



Physics 



Chemistry 



Insects. List of 

 birds in the neigh- 

 horhood. 



Relation of the 

 flower to the 

 fruit. Insect 

 depredations 

 on plants. 



Distribution of 

 fruits. 



The adaptations of 

 animal life through 

 form and color. 



Insects of all kinds ; 

 especially butter- 

 flies. Materials for 

 an aquarium, tad- 

 poles, fishes, craw- 

 fishes, and turtles. 



Drying boardsfor in- 

 sects. Insect nets. 

 Cyanide bottles. 

 Insect trays. Jars 

 for aquaria. Col- 

 lecting boxes. 



The spectrum. 

 Use of the 

 prism. Use 

 of compass. 



The transforma- 

 tion of parts of 

 the plant for 

 special func- 

 tions. 



Fruits as 

 affected by ■, 

 climate. 



Relation of 

 color to light. 

 Direction. 



Seeds and all 

 kinds of fruits. 

 Leaves and 

 flowers. Nuts, 



Pictures show- 

 ing fruit trees 

 of various 

 kinds, and the 

 manner of cul- 

 tivation. Also 

 the various 

 nut-bearing 

 trees. Fruits 

 and nuts. 



Boxes for pre- 

 serv-ation of 

 seeds. 



Flight and other 

 modes of locomo- 

 tion of insects. 

 Compare with 

 birds. Food and 

 feeding of animals. 

 Colors as related 

 to plants. 



Organs of insects 

 for feeding and lo- 

 comotion. Struc- 

 ture ot wings in 

 different insects — 

 butterfly, beetle, 

 grasshopper, fly, 

 bee. 



Sandpans for 

 modeling. 

 Clay for mod- 

 eling. 



Colors of flow- 

 ers as related 

 to the visiting 

 insects. Colors 

 of fruit — un- 

 ripe and ripe. 



Parts of a fruit. 

 The modifica- 

 tions of the 

 leaf. Work of 

 insects upon 

 the leaf and 

 fruit. 



A Tragedy in the 

 Grass.* (i) Mira- 

 cles of the Butter- 

 fly. (2) Muscular 

 Strength of Insects. 

 (2) Butterflies 

 and Moths. (3) 



Grasshopper and 

 Cricket. — Leigh 

 Hunt. 

 The Humble Bee. 



Emerson. 



The Katydid.— 



Holmes. 



Fruit and 

 Grain Destroy- 

 ers. (4) How 

 Plants Employ 

 Insects to 

 do their 

 Work. (2) 

 The Fruit. (2) 



Influences of po- Colors appear- 



sition as seen 

 in ripening 

 fruits. Ripen- 

 ing of same 

 fruits in differ- 

 ent parts of the 

 country. 



Chemical 

 change illus- 

 trated in find- 

 ing the ash in 

 fruits. Chem- 

 ical properties 

 of the ash. 



The composite 

 nature of 

 fruits. 



Leaves and 

 fruits showing 

 different 

 colors. 



The apple, 

 peach, plum, 

 pear, quince, 

 melon, squash, 

 egg-plant. 



Prism, mirrors, 

 and lenses. 



Scales, Drying 

 trays. Batter- 

 sea dishes or 

 porcelain 

 crucibles. 



Location of 

 fruit belts. 

 Study of the 

 geographical 

 origin of culti- 

 vated fruits. 



Field Flowers. 

 — Campbell. 



To Daisy Ele- 

 gans. — Pal- 

 mer. 



To the Fringed 

 Gentian. — 

 Bryant. 



Some industries 

 of Canada. (5) 

 The People of 

 Mexico. (5) 

 From St. Louis 

 to St. Paul. (5) 



ing in fruits, 

 flowers, leaves, 

 and animals 

 compared with 

 spectrum. 



The decay of 

 fruits. The 

 amount of ash 

 left after burn- 

 ing wood and 

 coal. 



Study of condi- 

 tions under 

 which the spec- 

 trum is formed. 

 Recomposition 

 of spectrum by 

 means of con- 

 cave mirrors 

 and convex 

 lens. 



' Sunbeams and 

 Their Work." 

 — Fairyland of 

 Science. 

 (Buckley.) 



The Mountain 



Monarch. — 

 I Palmer. 



The Apple.— 

 Burroughs. 



' Light," 

 Echoes of Half 

 a Century. — 

 Palmer. 



Weigh and dry 

 definite am'nts 

 of fruits. Bum 

 definite w'ghts 

 of fruits. Ob- 

 tain amount of 

 water, dry solid 

 and ash in 

 each. 



The Chemistry 

 of Yeast. (6) 

 A Lesson in 

 Chemistry. (7) 



Apples in the 

 Cellar.— //o/- 

 land. 



It seems as if that day was not wholly profane, in which we have given heed to some 

 natural object. The fall of snowflakes in a still air preserving to each crystal its perfect 

 form ; the blowing of sleet over a wide sheet of water, and over plains, the waving rye- 

 field, the mimic waving of acres of houstonia whose innumerable florets whiten and ripple 

 before the eye; the reflections of trees and flowers in glassy lakes; the musical steaming 

 odorous sou'thwind which converts all trees into wind harps ; the crackling and spurting of 

 hemlock in the flames; or of pine logs which yield glory to the walls and faces in the 

 sitting room — these are the music and pictures of the most ancient religion. — Emerson, 

 Essay on Nature. 



•Numbers refer to lists of books given on page 84, Appendix B. 



