. Nature study and life. Nature study. 366 NATURE STUDY AND LIFE to the grade plan, we may teach a working knowledge of from twenty to forty important forest trees during the school course. It has seemed to me that the key to the situation lies in a knowledge of the seeds of trees and methods of saving and germinating them. A tree seed in the act of sprouting is one of the inspiring things in nature. The possibilities contained in it, the size to which it may grow, the beauty it may develop, the long years it may live, the infinite numbers of seeds it may produce, all stretch out into a vista
. Nature study and life. Nature study. 366 NATURE STUDY AND LIFE to the grade plan, we may teach a working knowledge of from twenty to forty important forest trees during the school course. It has seemed to me that the key to the situation lies in a knowledge of the seeds of trees and methods of saving and germinating them. A tree seed in the act of sprouting is one of the inspiring things in nature. The possibilities contained in it, the size to which it may grow, the beauty it may develop, the long years it may live, the infinite numbers of seeds it may produce, all stretch out into a vista before us. It is here, too, that we grasp the lever with which to do something worth while. Too much of our tree study is passive and selfish and lacking in the ideality and altruism of our grandfathers who planted the trees we now enjoy. A bright young man recently said to me: "I would have as soon thought of planting a gold mine as of planting a chestnut ; And so we have "four boys to one ; But why should this be so .' What a tremendous force in nature we lay hold of if we have the faith to place a seed in the earth and give it a chance to grow ! Centuries of sunshine and rain will do the rest. Beginning, then, with the seeds let the children bring such as they can find to make a school collection of the kinds most desirable to plant in the Fig. 144. SEE])Li\<; Trkes Reared in a schoolroom. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Hodge, Clifton Fremont, 1859-. Boston and London, Ginn & Co.
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