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on the inside of the cover of the case, a sheet of paper 

 should be pasted on which should be written the number 

 and name of each seed. The nature of the ground where 

 each plant was found should also be written on this 

 paper, the heading being as follows : 



If neither you nor your teacher knows the name of any 

 given plant, — and none of us knows the names of all of 

 them — send both seed and plant to your agricultural 

 college or university, asking what the plant is. Very 

 shortlv vou will receive a letter giving its name. 



Fi.j, 17, 



- A collection of seeds. 



The method by which we determine the purity of a 

 seed sample will be made a part of our study of clovers. 



