CONTENTS 
PART I. PLANTS 
PLaNts: IMPORTANCE, CULTIVATION, AND IMPROVE- 
MENT 
GARDENING 
ScHOOL GARDENS 3 
SEEDS, GERMINATION, AND SEEDLINGS . 
Fruit GROWING 
Some Lessons in Botany 
A Few Important Piant FAMILirs 
SomE PRAIRIE FLOWERS 
TREES AND SHRUBS 
Hay AND PastuRE PLANTS 
FIELD CROPS 
Sorts 
WEEDS 
Piant DISEASES 
PART II. INSECTS 
IMPORTANCE AND CHARACTERISTICS OF INSECTS 
Tue Lire History oF INSECTS : 
Tue Most Important CLasses oF INSECTS 
Some Insect PESTS OF GARDEN AND FIELD 
Oruer INSECTS OF SPECIAL INTEREST 
PROJECTS AND QuEstTiIons: INSECTS 
PART III. POULTRY AND WILD BIRDS 
Pouttry: CHICKENS, TuRKEYS, Ducks, GEESE, 
PIGEONS, AND GUINEA FOWLS 
PROJECTS AND QUESTIONS: POULTRY . 
Birp LORE FROM THE CHICKEN YARD: PROJECTS 
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