156 MANUAI, OF NATURB STUDY. 



Examine kale and report on tlie marks and taste. 



Send two or three pupils down into the bottoms 

 and swampy places after varieties of cress. 



Make drawings of each variety found. 



Review points common to all members of the 

 Cress family; to all the members of the Pulse 

 family. 



Name the points in each species that distinguish 

 the plant under examination from all others of the 

 same family. 



If you have the time study the Rose family. 

 This is a large family and is divided into several 

 tribes or divisions. The child will be astonished 

 to learn that the apple and strawberry are members 

 of the same family, but they are. 



The plum belongs to the same family with the 

 hot-house rose. Can the children tell why? So 

 do the cherry and blackberry. Help the children 

 to find the points in common. Let them search for 

 other members of this family. 



Let a pupil describe a plant that has been stud- 

 ied. From the description let the other children 

 identify the plant and name the family to which it 

 belongs. 



Again, name a flower and let the pupils describe 

 and name the family to which it belongs. Vary 

 the exercises as the interest and attention seem to 

 require. 



