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MANUAL OF NATURE STUDY. 
Examine kale and report on the marks and taste. 
Send two or three pupils down into the bottoms 
and swampy places after varieties of cress. 
Make drawings of each variety found. 
Review points common to all members of the 
Cress family; to all the members of the Pulse 
family. 
Name the points in each species that distinguish 
the plant under examination from all others of the 
same family. 
If you have the time study the Rose family . 
This is a large family and is divided into several 
tribes or divisions. The child will be astonished 
to learn that the apple and strawberry are members 
of the same family, but they are. 
The plum belongs to the same family with the 
hot-house rose. Can the children tell why? So 
do the cherry and blackberry. Help the children 
to find the points in common. Let them search for 
other members of this family. 
Let a pupil describe a plant that has been stud¬ 
ied. From the description let the other children 
identify the plant and name the family to which it 
belongs. 
Again, name a flower and let the pupils describe 
and name the family to which it belongs. Vary 
the exercises as the interest and attention seem to 
require. 
