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AGRICULTURE 



3. Grow some beets in mellow, well-drained soil, and some of the 

 same variety in a 'hard, cloddy clay. Is there any difference in their 

 appearance ? 



4. Leave where they grew the stalks of some corn and the tops 

 of some white potatoes. In three or four weeks compare what is left of 

 them. What has become of the potato tops? Can you think of any 

 reason for this? 



5. Why do you plant beans and peas shallower than corn ? Can you 

 explain why the young peas and beans grow so much more rapidly 

 than tomatoes and onions started from seed? 



6'. Some of our common vegetables, such as cabbage, tomato, and 

 sweet potato, are of tropical origin. To give them a longer growing 

 season, start these plants in seed beds, or hotbeds which have a layer of 

 manure under the soil, and transplant them to the garden. 



7. You will enjoy raising some berries and grapevines for yourself. 

 They are not much trouble, and give large returns in luscious fruit. 



THE FLOWER GARDEN 



Flowers. - 

 We are not 

 satisfied with 

 merely useful 

 things. We 

 desire beauti- 

 ful ones. It is 

 not enough 

 for us that our 

 earth brings 

 forth corn and 

 A VINE-CLAD PORCH potatoes. We 



want, we need, flowers, beautiful of color, graceful of form, fra- 

 grant of scent. Around and in the house they are a constant 

 source of pleasure. 



