436 NATURE-STUDY 



Make a flower book or calendar, showing the spring flow- 

 ers in the order of their appearance. Paint the flowers. 

 Write simple description of each. (M, K, i68, etc.) 



Gardening : Remove mulch from bulb beds. Plan garden, 

 select vegetables and flower seeds. (See list p. 295.) Send 

 for seed catalogues. Make sketch or plan of the garden. 

 The older pupils should prepare the soil for this grade, but 

 these may assist, and do the finishing. Stake out group or 

 individual beds. Sow, plant, transplant, in season. Set out 

 the cotton (some in pots) and the potato slips. Make a 

 special study of the life cycle of the potato. Flax would also 

 be a good study for this grade. (Q, Chap. XVI, 221, etc.) 

 Make indoor experimental soil cultures with seedlings, using 

 sand, loam, fertilizer, clay, etc., and observing which do the 

 best. (222, 228, 196.) 



Visit greenhouse and observe spring planting of the gar- 

 dener. Visit a truck-garden. 



Teach responsibility for the care of beds and tools. Give 

 lessons in weeding, hoeing, watering. Study weeds in the 

 garden. Note effects. 



Set out cuttings of coleus and geranium started indoors. 



Arbor Day: Make cuttings of ivy and woodbine, and 

 set out around fences and buildings. (Chapter XVIII.) The 

 self -clinging woodbine should be used. Plant Boston ivy 

 and English ivy where hardy Add to the wild flower garden. 



FOURTH GRADE 



Aim and Method : The children of this grade having a 

 better basis are able to study and understand more difficult 

 matter than those of the third grade. Their imagination is 



