360 NATURE STUDY. 



Excellent plants for comparison with the round-leaved 

 mallow are the high mallow, an erect plant, two to three 

 feet high, with lobed leaves, and similar but larger flowers, 

 the common single hollyhock, anl the rose of Sharon. 



Dividing the Work into Lessons. The ideas the children 

 gain from the work will be much clearer and more deeply 

 impressed, if each lesson is a unit in itself, with a definite 

 aim, one central thought, and a careful summary at the 

 close. When there is time, the following division of lessons 

 is suggested : 



Lessson 1. Preparatory Work. Aim. To make the 

 children familiar with the appearance of the mallow, and 

 to put them in the right. attitude toward the plant as a liv- 

 ing thing. 



Lesson 2. Preparation for the field lesson. Aim. To 

 gather up what the children have learned out of doors, and 

 to prepare them for further definite out-of-door observation 

 of the life of the plant. 



Lesson 3. Field Lesson. Aim. To study the plant at 

 work in its home. 



Lesson 4. Review and summary of what was learned out 

 of doors. 



Lesson 5. What the roots and stems do, and how they 

 are fitted for their work. 



Lesson 6. What the leaves do, and how they are fitted 

 for their work. 



Lesson 7. What the flowers do, and how they are fitted 

 for their work. 



Lesson 8. Review. What the mallow plant does, and 

 how it does it. 



Possibly lessons 1 and 2, and lessons 5 and 6, and lessons 

 7 and 8, can be combined, and the number thus reduced to 

 five. 



