TOPICAL OUTLINE BY GRADES AND SEASONS 95 



Birds: Continue study of crow; oriole, rose-breasted 

 grosbeak, cardinal grosbeak, and wood thrush; excursions 

 on the campus outside of school hours may be necessary 

 for the observation of these; note habits of feeding and 

 nesting; relation of rose-breasted grosbeak to the potato 

 beetle; indoor study of nests of the birds observed. 



In this as in other grades the effort is made to make 

 detailed study of certain birds, but the teacher must be gov- 

 erned in this part of the work primarily by circumstances. 

 Any bird not previously studied is to be studied at any time 

 that conditions for such study are especially favorable. 



FIFTH GRADE 



Fall. — Garden: Continue study of potato; harvest the 

 crop; measure and compare with the amount planted in 

 the spring; check up on the experiments started at that 

 time; determine what hills have given the greatest yield 

 and which potatoes are desirable to save for "seed"; 

 dig dahlia roots and put away for winter; gather seeds for 

 home garden as indicated in earlier grades; in preparation 

 for next spring, gather beet seeds and preserve a few roots 

 from which to obtain seeds the next year; gather seeds of 

 salvia, lobelia, and snapdragon and put away for next 

 spring's planting; raspberry and blackberry; condition of 

 the plants in the fall, especially the canes that bore fruit 

 in the summer just ended; the need for pruning; the ap- 

 pearance of new stems ; the number on each plant ; propaga- 

 tion by tip rooting; observe strawberry plants, noting the 

 habits of growth and propagation; cover strawberry beds. 



Trees: Ash trees on the campus; the oaks of the campus 



