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47. *Wild and Garden Flowers. 

 The names of the common garden and wild flowers 

 should be learned and associated with them. The only 

 way to do this is to bring a few flowers to school and 

 compare them with the illustrations in the large refer- 

 ence book which tells all about them. Gradually you 

 will learn the names of all the common flowers as well as 

 some of the rarer ones. The best way to learn so that 

 you will remember is to make a collection of the flowers 

 and write a brief description on the paper upon which 

 you mount each flower. Then you can always review 

 your own work and often learn more than you would 

 from just reading a book. The next experiment should 

 be continued until there are no flowers of the neighbor- 

 hood which you do not have in your collection. See 

 which Duoil can make the best collection, but remember 

 that "The race is not always to the swift." 



Experiment 59. A Flower Collection. 



Materials: Sheets of soft, unglazed paper cut 

 17"xll", folded so that they are Il"x8^", strips of 

 gummed paper 'J4" wide. 



a. Take one of your flowers, which should have a 

 long stem but not longer than ten inches, and several 

 leaves, and compare it with the reference book. After 

 you have learned its name and habits arrange it in the 

 prettiest manner possible, on the right side of the fold, 

 having the paper unfolded. Try to remember how the 

 plant was growing and arrange it as it was, because the 

 natural way is always the prettiest. Cut the gummed 

 paper into lengths so that they will pass over the stems 



* See Appendix. 



