SEEDS AND SEEDLINGS 



Planting. Plant in trays in the schoolroom three of each of Jhe follow- 

 ing seeds, first cracking the pine seeds and chipping the castor beans: 

 barley, castor bean (six of these), corn, nasturtium, oats, pea, pine, pump- 

 kin, radish, sunflower. Plant at a depth about equal to the greatest diam- 

 eter of the seed. Firm the soil over the seeds after planting. Mark the 

 position of each kind so that you will know what is coming up when it 

 germinates. 



Seedlings. Rule the opposite pages after the manner of the sample 

 shown below, and keep record on them of the events during growth: 



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