an effort, {ind do not accept " I don't know, 

 sir," as an answer. Let them find out from 

 their parents, work it out themselves or in 

 any way tliey clioose ) 



SHKUHS. 



(a) Name the different shrubs on the 

 grounds. 



(b) What is the difference between a 

 shrub and a tree? 



(c) How many of these have you at 

 your home, and how do they compare with 

 ours? 



WRITTEN WOKK. 



This work will appear repeatedly all 

 through the=;e outlines, and is to be given 

 at the teacher's disci-etion , and may be en- 

 larged upon or diminished as necessity de- 

 mands. Its main object being to train the 

 pupil to say the most in the fewest number 

 of words. 



It also teaches three important adjuncts 

 to good scholarship, viz: Condensation, 

 precision and clearness. 



The work is as follows, and should not 

 contain moye than forty-five words. 



(1) Trees as a whole. 



(2) Some one tree, giving the following 

 points : 



(a) General character and name. 



(b) Size and locality in which it grows, 

 fc) Kind of seed and its use. 



(d) Its value to us. 



EXAMPLE — WHITE OAK. 



The white oalc grows in rich bottoms, 

 has a large body and spreading top ; bark 

 white and rough ; leaves coarse and deeply 



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