delicate fruits,
such as cherries, grapes, peaches, plums, strawberries, etc., can only
be kept for a length of time by preserving or canning them.

Correlate with lessons in Household Management on preserving and
canning.

FALL CULTIVATION

When the garden has been finally cleaned out, the plot should be spaded
up and left without raking. Clay soil especially is much improved in
physical qualities by thus being exposed to the air and frost. All
garden tools should receive a special cleaning up before storing for
winter.

GARDEN STUDIES

The observational studies suggested under this head for Form I will be
followed also in Form II. The pupils of Form II will be expected to make
more critical observations in connection not only with the plants
growing in their own individual plots, but also with those plants which
other pupils have been growing. They should give some attention also to
the plants in the perennial flower border.

GARDEN RECORDS.

In this Form the pupils should begin to make garden records on such
points as the following:

1. Description of the plant--size, habit of growth, kind of leaves and
their arrangement, date of flowering, form, size and colouring of the
flowers, points of merit or the reverse, description of the seed and how
scattered, how disposed of, and the value.

2. The work done in the garden from day to day, with dates.

3. The effect of rain, drought, or other weather conditions on the
growth of the plants.

4. What insects were seen visiting the flowers and what they were
doing--whether beneficial or harmful.

5. What birds or other animals were found frequenting the garden. (See
Animal Studies, pp. 30, 96, 217.)

6. What plants suffered from earliest frosts; what from subsequent
frosts; what ones proved to be most hardy, etc.

7. What plants the pupils like most in the garden, and what ones seem to
suit the soil and weather conditions best.

The pupils in this Form, by direct observation, should come to
appreciate the development of the fruit and seed from the flower. Their
work in seed selection, based upon the excellence of the flower, helps
to ensure this line of observation.

CORRELATIONS

Art: Drawing of leaves, flowers, and vegetables, in colour when
possible.

Arithmetic: Calculations as to dimensions, number of plants, number of
flowers on a plant and seeds in a flower, value of products of flowers
and vegetables. Cost of seeds, fertilizer, and labour,