TOPICAL OUTLINE BY GRADES AND SEASONS 99 



SIXTH GRADE 



Fall. — Garden: Continue the study of the plants set out 

 in the spring; dig and house bulbs; especial attention to 

 gladiolus and tuberose, noting the growth that the bulbs 

 have made during the season; flowers of torenia and salvia; 

 correlate the structure of these with the insects which visit 

 them and consider in general the service which insects 

 render to plants as agents in cross pollination, cross 

 pollination itself being touched upon only incidentally to 

 floral structure and insect activities; complete life history 

 of the beet; observe the entire root system; compare with 

 the sugar beet; show by experiment that sugar is present in 

 beet roots; gather seeds as usual for next spring's planting; 

 make soft-wood cuttings of any plants desired to take 

 home for winter blooming; as weeds, pigweed, purslane, 

 and ragweed. 



Trees: Bud the peach seedlings started the fall before; 

 peach tree culture; comparative study of cherry and plum; 

 sycamore, poplars, purple beech, Kentucky coffee tree, 

 mountain ash. 



Birds: Continue the observation of those studied in the 

 spring; report on summer observations, especially as to 

 wren and catbird; add goldfinch and junco. 



Insects: Peach tree borer; flies found on the garden 

 plants as to habits and food; soldier beetles on the garden 

 plants and on goldenrod; the goldenrod gall gnat; larvae 

 of butterflies on borage and sassafras; keep these in a 

 terrarium and observe their life histories; spiders as to 

 habits, homes, and food. 



Sky Studies: The movements and phases of the moon; 



