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NATURE STUDY AND LIFE 



The list that I would select, conditions being favorable, 

 might be the following, in order; that is, if room was 

 sufficient for but one, take the first, if sufficient for 

 three, the first three, and so on. 



There is apt to be so much monotony in street and pub- 

 lic park planting that the school garden may well contain 

 trees that are less commonly seen. 



For the fruit garden we should have one, or several, 

 if there is room, of each of the standard fruits — peach, 

 pear, plum, apple, quince, grape, cherry — the best for the 

 locality ; or several varieties may be grafted into one tree, 

 for experiments in cross-pollination. A number of the 

 bush fruits — raspberries, blackberries, currants, goose- 

 berries, and strawberries — might furnish instructive 

 materials, but it should be remembered that they ripen 

 during the summer vacation and hence belong more prop- 

 erly in the home gardens. 



