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7. Describe two ways of raising flower seedlings to be trans¬ 
planted to beds. 
8. Name three vines used for shading porches and buildings. 
9. At what time of the year should shrubs be planted? 
10. Tell how to grow roses from cuttings. 
11. Prepare a list of wild flowers grown in your district. 
12. When should bulbs be planted? 
13. Discuss the kinds of soil best for bulbs. 
14. Give five hints to be considered in bulb growing. 
PRACTICAL WORK 
Exercise 1 
Object: To beautify the school ground. 
Procedure: Look about your school and see where some im¬ 
provement may be made in the general landscape appearance. 
Do you find that the corners are filled with dead weeds from 
last year? Could a trellis be built near the exposed side of the 
building so that it would not look so bare? Are there shaded 
corners where ferns would grow? Would not the corners of the 
grounds be more attractive with some shrubs? 
Would it be possible to collect the seeds and roots of our pret¬ 
tiest wild flowers and make a border about the school grounds? 
The main part of the lawn or playground should not be clut¬ 
tered with flower beds, but the flowers should be the finishing 
border framework for the picture. Each member of the class 
can bring a cutting from a rose bush for starting in wet sand, 
later to be transplanted to the corner where the weeds grew so 
rank last year. A little work by each pupil will do much to 
beautify the grounds. 
WORDS TO BE LEARNED 
Architecture. The science and art of designing and construct¬ 
ing, usually buildings. 
Arbor. A latticework formed of or covered with vines, 
branches of trees, etc. 
Borders: Margin or edge. 
Bulb. A leaf bud usually developed underground. 
Institution. That which is established, as a permanent school. 
