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HERE should be from first to last a steady growth in the
intelligence of the child as to the places where certain plants
grow. He finds hepaticas and trilliums in the woods,
daisies and buttercups in the sunny fields, mullein on the dry
hillsides, cat-tails in the swamp, and water lilies floating on
the pond. This may all be taught by simply asking the
pupils questions relating to the soil and the special conditions
of the locality where they found the flowers they bring to school.