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The photographs represent — 



(i) Flower-collecting in the hedgerows. 



(2) An open-air lesson on flowers. 



(3) A lesson on stems. 



(4) Gardening under the supervision of a teacher." 



Group H. In this section there was a good num- 



Character of ber of exhibits, and much interesting 

 the Exhibits. material was brought together. The ex- 

 hibitors ranged from such well-known 

 organizations as the Agricultural Education Committee and 

 the Children's Country Holiday Fund, through amateur 

 naturalists' clubs like that at Eastbourne, university settle- 

 ments and museums, down to private individuals, who were 

 in the majority. 



Perth museum, which led the way in this country with 

 regard to natural history competitions for children, sent 

 some of the prize- winning essays. A useful feature of this 

 work is that the children are encouraged, after they have 

 seen the specimens in the museum, to go out into the open 

 air to observe the things alive, to draw, and to record under 

 natural conditions. 



Various cases were sent by the Borough of Stepney 

 Museum, typical of the subjects used in "School Demon- 

 stration Lessons". An observation nest of Hving meadow 

 ants was also included in the exhibit. In the museum Miss 

 Kate Hall has illustrated the life-histories of a number of 

 trees, and of these the oak was chosen for exhibition. The 

 specimens used included acorns in various stages of germi- 

 nation, as well as branches with summer foliage preserved 

 in its natural form and colour for comparison with others 

 plucked in winter. These were supplemented with photo- 

 graphs of the whole tree, looked at from the same stand- 

 point in the two seasons. Sections of the wood and illus- 

 trations of the flowers went to complete the series. The 



