APPENDIX I 



SUGGESTED COURSES 



IN schools taking up this work in autumn, the following course is 



suggested : 



Chap, i . Parts of a seed. 



Plant food in seeds. 



Conditions of germination. 

 Chap. 2. The general characters of roots. 

 Chap. 3. The general characters of stems. 



The life-history of a crocus or gladiolus. 



The structure of stems. 

 Chap. 4. Winter buds. 



The structure of leaves. 

 Chap. 5. Mechanical analysis of soil. 



Water in soils. 



Effect of frost on rocks. 



Vegetable matter in soils. 



Chalk in soils. 



The ground in the school garden should be dug up, and if 

 possible the beds and paths laid out before the frosts set in. 



In the spring the remaining portions of Chap. I. can be under- 

 taken, and the order in the book followed as far as found convenient, 

 care being taken to start the manurial experiments, collection of 

 weeds, and observations on insect pests at an early date. 



When the work is commenced in the spring, the weather offers 

 no obstacles. Care must be taken to examine the opening of leaf- 

 buds, the life-history of the crocus, and to begin the experimental 

 work on seedlings at an early date. 



If not already done, the school garden should be at once put 

 into order, beds and paths laid out, and seeds sown for transplanting 

 into the plots for manurial experiments. 



As in the previous case, an early beginning should be made in 

 recording observations on flowers, weeds, insect pests, etc. 



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