TOPICAL OUTLINE BY GRADES AND SEASONS 105 



moth, working out the life history; tent caterpillar; fall 

 web worm; any insects found on the corn or melons and 

 the methods of combating; look for their natural foes, as 

 parasites, predaceous insects, and birds; division of labor 

 and care of young among insects; mud-dauber, polistes, 

 hornets; bumblebee as related to the pollination of red 

 clover. 



Birds: Special attention to the fall migrants from the 

 north, especially warblers and kinglets; quail and other 

 local game birds; their protection; the game laws of 

 Illinois. 



Fungi: The common mushrooms; the smut on corn and 

 other grains; blight on pear and apple; mildew on lilac 

 or other plants; mold on fruit; tree fungi; study of the 

 methods of combating these when injurious. 



Wild Plants: Study of remnants of the prairie flora; the 

 special characteristics of these plants. 



Winter. — The human body; some simple experiments 

 in plant life in the greenhouse, and in bacteriology in the 

 biology laboratory. 



Spring. — Garden: Plant alternanthera, lantana, helio- 

 trope, verbena, other flowers selected by the pupils; okra, 

 celery, eggplant, spinach, asparagus; experimental work in 

 the garden to determine methods of culture best suited to 

 the local conditions of soil and climate; oats; test seed for 

 purity and vitality; experiments to determine the desirable 

 depth of planting, and the amount of seed to be used per 

 acre; different varieties are sown by different pupils in the 

 home gardens; graft apple trees and set out in nursery 

 rows; study the culture of apple trees and the history of 

 their amelioration; apple culture used to exemplify the 



