. Lessons with plants. Suggestions for seeing and interpreting some of the common forms of vegetation. tively essential to any clear com-prehension of the attributes and meaning of the vegetable reader who wishes to put together the suggestions of this char-acter may consult paragraphs:Struggle for existence—5, 11, 13, 14, Obs. iv., 48, 80, 223, 305o, 412, 518, Obs. Ixxiv., Suggestions page and selection—35, 71, 118, 118a, 134, 135, 137, 138, 175, 178a, Fig. 172, 208, 227, 233, 302, 315, 3316, 358, 444, 458, 484, 485, 485a, 492, 492a, 518, Obs. —53a
. Lessons with plants. Suggestions for seeing and interpreting some of the common forms of vegetation. tively essential to any clear com-prehension of the attributes and meaning of the vegetable reader who wishes to put together the suggestions of this char-acter may consult paragraphs:Struggle for existence—5, 11, 13, 14, Obs. iv., 48, 80, 223, 305o, 412, 518, Obs. Ixxiv., Suggestions page and selection—35, 71, 118, 118a, 134, 135, 137, 138, 175, 178a, Fig. 172, 208, 227, 233, 302, 315, 3316, 358, 444, 458, 484, 485, 485a, 492, 492a, 518, Obs. —53a, 536, 53c, 258a, 2586, 258c, 423a, 4236, 423c, of nature—116, 117, 118, 1186, 118c, 118d, 138, 152a, 175, 187, 227, 235a, 258, 268, 2786, 278c, 281, 315, 318, 3316, 336, 338, 339, Obs. Ixv., 485, 507, 509a, 518, Obs. Ixxxiv., Ixxx., 422. 5. THE GROWING OF PLANTS In the Suggestions on page 330 and in Observation Ixxiii. (page374), brief directions have been given for the growing of there is sunlight and absence of frost, plants may be. A PPMNDIX 449 grown in the school-house. Even though the plants are not vig-orous and do not reach their full development, they add greatlyto the interest and efficiency of plant-study. The desire of pu-pils to see growing plants in the school-house and about thepremises has been forcedanew upon the authors at-tention by responses to ahumble leaflet upon garden-making which was distrib-uted to public school teachersby the College of Agriculture Wof the Cornell in crowded city schoolsthe leaflet bore fruit. Thefollowing extracts from let- ^°- **• ters from Miss Lilian M. ^ meaningless plantation. Elliot, , of New York City, illustrate how plants may be grown under great difficulties(see also, School Journal for May 29, 1897): I received your Nature-Study Leaflets. One of them, A Childrens Garden,especially interested me. Of course the paper had a twofold object
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