Lesson XII 
Hoe between all rows and over the 
south and west walks. Pull every weed 
in the rows and leave a soil mulch over 
the whole garden. 
Make a diagram of garden on page two. 
Pick flowers, and pull radishes, beets 
and lettuce, if ready. 
GRAINS 
Grain is the term applied to the fruit of 
cereal plants or to the plants themselves. 
The fruit is a small, hard seed and is borne 
in spikes or ears. The grains are wheat, 
oats, rye, barley, buckwheat, flax and corn 
(maize). To preserve grains for school- 
room use it is best to pull them up when 
they are matured, but just as they are 
ready to turn yellow. Two or three 
stools should be bunched together, tied in 
several places to prevent breaking, and 
thoroughly dried. In this condition, if 
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