A GRADED COURSE OF NATURE-STUDY 503 



grown at home (sugar beets), also art and other work related 

 to nature-study. Make awards. Exhibit at the county fair. 

 Visit fair. Have a flower show. 



Do fall pruning, give cuttings away for home growing. 

 (221, 229, 241, 222.) Set bulbs for spring flowering. Mulch 

 beds and protect roses, etc. Clean up for winter. 



Flowers: Study of wild composites.* Review sunflower 

 type, dandelion type, and thistle type. Collect, press, and 

 make a herbarium of autumn flowers, reviewing thus the 

 names of all learned in previous years. Note the abundance 

 of the composites. Account for it (seed dispersal). Note 

 the beauty * of roadside, meadow, swamp, and copses. Dig 

 up some of the root-stalks and plant in the school wild-flower 

 garden or in out of the way corners of the grounds, along 

 fences, etc. Plant some at home. (190, 156, 197, 159, 161, 

 462, 47Sc; keys: 168, etc.; seed dispersal: 191, 198, 482, 161.) 



Flowerless Plants: Collect ferns,* mosses,* liver- 

 worts,* Equisetum* club-mosses,* algae (pond scum, green 

 felt, Pleurococcus) and grow under suitable conditions 

 (moisture) in the school-room. Plant fern root-stalks in 

 the school-garden and at home, in rich soil with much de- 

 cayed wood. Plant some in the window-boxes or in pots. 

 Plant mosses around the bases of the plants in the window- 

 boxes or pots. Put the algae in aquaria. Observe these 

 plants in the field. Note conditions of shade and moisture. 

 Note growth on logs, rocks, etc. Make a simple study of 

 ferns and mosses (see seventh grade work) and in a similar 

 way study the other plants. 



Consider chiefly the general appearance, the beauty, and 

 the habitat, and do very little with the spores and other 

 minute details. Spores may be shown in mass as collected 



