TOPICAL OUTLINE BY GRADES AND SEASONS 87 



individual beds are not assigned until the third grade; plant 

 phlox, sunflower, balsam, peas, squash or pumpkin, and 

 onions; also repeat plants of first year if the children show 

 a desire to do so; peas and squash seeds planted in egg- 

 shells or small pots to transplant into home or school gar- 

 den; preparation of the early vegetables for the market; 

 visit to spring vegetable market. 



Birds: Note arrival of common birds; special study of 

 bluejay with reference to color markings; study of robin's 

 nest removed from tree after brood has been raised; the 

 duck; raise a brood of ducks. 



Trees: Soft maple; flowers, fruit, and leaves, noting time 

 of appearance as compared with other trees; plant some of 

 the seeds to find whether they germinate the first season 

 or not; horse-chestnut; basswood. 



THIRD GRADE 



Fall. — Garden: Continue study of plants started in 

 previous spring; select the best tomatoes for seed and 

 prepare seed for planting next spring; gather seeds of aster, 

 sweet corn, and sweet peas; study of sweet pea plants, 

 having in view especially how they scatter their' seed and 

 how they climb; plant hyacinth bulbs in pots for forcing 

 and plant out of doors in home and school gardens for 

 spring blooming; start geranium cuttings from plants on 

 the campus to be transplanted and taken home for winter 

 blooming; observe wild asters and wild sunflowers in com- 

 parison with the cultivated varieties. 



In this and all later grades the children visit the school 

 garden in the early fall, when it is at its best, to choose as 



