3. The families of oafas and maples; how to distinguish these trees 
when you see them. 
4. What plants need for growth. ( Experiments ). 
5 . Bulbs: how to plant and care for them. 
From the Syllabus in Nature Study for 5b: 
“Trees. Uses to tree of bark, of wood, and of pith; 
annual rings and medullary rays (study cross and long 
sections of pieces of woods) ; uses of heart wood and of sap 
wood to plants and to man; movements of sap (maple); 
blossoming and fruit- formation of fruit and shade trees; 
use of wood in building and in furniture (collections); use 
of trees in relation to rainfall. Emphasis should be given 
to the protection of trees in city streets. 
“Plant products useful to man: Vegetables classified 
as roots, stems, leaves, bulbs, or fruits. Fruits classified 
as fleshy, stone, and dry. Medicines and spices: bark, 
leaves, sap, extracts. Clothing: cotton, linen. Woods: 
those used for building or furniture; characteristics which 
fit them for this use. 
“Classification of Plants. Evergreen and deciduous 
trees; shade and fruit trees; trees, shrubs, and herbs; 
plants with one seed leaf (monocotyledons), and with two 
seed leaves (dicotyledons); parallel veined and netted 
veined (pinnate and palmate).” 
We give the following talks: 
6. How trees live and grow. 
7. Plants useful to man. ( Cotton , rubber, tea, coffee ). ( Lantern 
slides). 
8. How to know the common evergreen trees. 
9. A fe tv common deciduous trees. ( Outdoor study). 
10. Common bulbs to raise at home and school. 
Syllabus for 5b Geography: 
“(1). Location of the States in each group; location 
with reference to the United States as a whole and to the 
other countries of North America, if bordering; surface 
and climate; important rivers. (2). Resources. Soil, 
forests, mineral and oil deposits, fisheries. (3). Indus- 
tries and products. Agriculture, grazing, lumbering, 
fishing, mining, manufacturing.” 
/ 1 . How soil is made. ( Experiments ). 
12. Lumbering in the United States. 
Syllabus for Grade 6a Geography: 
“South America. Location, surface, and climate; 
leading countries and chief cities; industries, products, 
and commerce; the people.” 
13. Coffee culture in South America. ( Slides and living plants). 
14. The rubber industry in South America. 
