The home work in connection with this lesson should consist of: (1) Descriptions of seedlings; instead of maize, wheat may be given; nasturtium instead of bean; these the teacher must have ready for distribution; a drawing of each should be insisted on, with parts named; (2) Short notes on the conditions of growth and its essential nature.
The children should also be invited to grow seedlings for themselves; these should be exhibited in subsequent lessons.
LIST OF BOOKS ON BOTANY.
(A) Text-books for Class Use.
Elementary Botany. By Joseph Oliver. 2/-. Blackie. Useful for S. Kensington and London Matriculation.
Elementary Text-book of Botany. By Edith Aitkin. 4/6. Longmans. This is specially suitable for Senior Oxford Course.
Student’s Introductory Handbook of Systematic Botany (Blackie’s Science Text-books). By Joseph Oliver. 4/6. This is one of the best text-books for Group E of Cambridge Women’s Examination.
Practical Elementary Biology. By Bidgood. 4/6. Longmans. This gives most of the types, animal as well as vegetable, required for the Biology of Group E of Cambridge Women’s Examination.
(B) For Teachers.
Naked-eye Botany. With Illustrations and Floral Problems. By F. E. Kitchener. 2/6. Percival & Co. Very useful for teachers of younger classes; it is most suggestive.