32 The Nature-Study Exhibition 



which are mere copies of text-book illustrations instead of actual photo- 

 graphs, which are so much more valuable." 



The collections illustrating the dispersal of fruits and 

 seeds, shown by the Horticultural College at Swanley, be- 

 longed to another and generally useful type. 



The County Councils of Cheshire and Fifeshire, as well as 

 the Harper-Adams and Wye Agricultural Colleges, showed 

 syllabuses of courses intended for teachers desirous of under- 

 taking Nature-study in their schools. 



Group B. The conditions under which most se- 



Character of condary schools are at present conducted 

 the Exhibits, make it difficult for Nature-study to per- 

 meate the whole of the school work. 

 Therefore the exhibits in this section showed that the ex- 

 cellent results already attained in many schools are, with 

 but few exceptions, the results of voluntary effort. The 

 exhibits in question, fall into the following divisions: — (i) 

 Science Teaching; (ii) Observational Lessons; (iii) Field 

 Work and Nature-study. 



Science Teaching. 



Many schools showed that practical work in Botany 

 was undertaken, and this is done particularly well in those 

 for girls. The following scheme of botanical teaching in 

 Brighton and Hove High School may be taken as repre- 

 senting this type: — 



Scheme of Botany Teaching. 



'* Botany is taught throughout the school. 



" In Forms lU and Ila (the lowest) very simple object-lessons are 

 given on plants useful for food or on some other branch of botany likely 

 to awaken an interest in small children, and to appeal to their own 

 experience and observation. 



" In Forms III^ and Ilia the study of the parts of a plant is systema- 

 tically begun in the second half of the autumn term, and in the early 

 spring easy vegetable physiology is taught, and at the other times of 

 the year, when specimens are obtainable, lessons on the morphology of 



