INDEX. 



205 



p 



PAGE 



Pea (ry . . 198 



Perch (r) 199 



Pestalozzi 1 



Pet animals 43 



Phenologies — 



on time-table . . . 22, 35 



values of . . .14, 34, 170 



Nova Scotia schedules, 121, 167 



■*oi weather. ... 91, 166 



Physical science ... 35, 178 



Physiology — 



related to N. S , 13, 18, 40, 



42, 52, 189 

 comparative studies in . .88 

 objective aids to teaching, 



189-193 



Pictures 25, 46 



Pine(r) 198 



Planets 188 



Plant life in the courses of 

 study, 39, 40 ; 52, 53 ; 72, 



73; 114, 115 

 Plants- 

 individual proprietorship in 



49, 84 

 test of interest in ... 49 

 comparative studies ... 84 



societies 142 



relations to moisture, light 144 

 propagation of . 145, 149, 155 

 water absorption by . . .156 

 water-cultures of . . . . 157 



Plantain (r) 198 



"Plasticene" 90 



Potato (r) 198 



Preparation required by the 



teacher 5 



Preparation of lesson by the 

 teacher 24 



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Proprietorship in plants . . 50 

 Puddle butterfly, lesson on 



127-130 

 Putnam, Principal, quoted on 

 field excursions . . . .164 



Quartz . . . .94, 172 (r), 175 

 Questions that the teacher 

 cannot answer ..... 58 



R 



Rabbit and guinea pig ... 46 

 Reading related to N. S., 12, 



13, 46 

 Record books of N. S. exer- 

 cises 30-33 



Robin (r) 77, 121 



Rocks 94, 171 



Roots of plants 156 



Rotation of crops . . . .164 

 Rousseau on teaching by 

 nature 1 



s 



Salamanders 71 



School gardens :— 16, 23, 50, 83 

 correlations of . . . .161 

 classes of exercises suited to 160 



Nova Scotia's 159 



Sir Wm. C. Macdonald's . 158 



plans of 163 



values of 159 



Science grows out of N. S. .119 



** versus N. S 3 



Scott, C. B. , quoted on interest 18 

 Seeds, germination, etc. . . 86 

 " collections of . . . .148 

 Selection of topics, bases of . 



18,20, 21 



