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results, hence the making of the formal garden 

 may well be intrusted to their care. This will 

 afford an opportunity for studying the habits 

 of growth of annuals, biennials, and perennials, 

 for the arrangement of plants so as to produce 

 a succession of blooming; for harmonious ef- 

 fects in texture of foliage and flower coloring ; 

 for the division of plants and their propagation 

 by cuttings for repotting and other practical 

 work in the greenhouse. 



The work of the primary grades and lower 

 grammar grades affords the children a fine 



Azalea vaseyi: Azalea. 



opportunity for observation and experience. 

 Knowledge gained in this way is the basis for 

 generalization and classification. 



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