Chapter II: Part I: Teachers' Leaflets

Leaflet. Page.

The Schoolhouse 9
L. H. Bailey.

I. What is Nature-Study? 11
L. H. Bailey.

II. The Nature-Study Movement 21
L. H. Bailey.

III. An Appeal to the Teachers of New York State 31
L. H. Bailey.

IV. What Is Agricultural Education? 45
L. H. Bailey.

V. Suggestions for Nature Study Work 55
Anna Botsford Comstock.

VI. A Summer Shower 81
Ralph S. Tarr.

VII. A Snow Storm 93
Anna Botsford Comstock.

VIII. A Handful of Soil: What It Is 99
Ralph S. Tarr.

IX. A Handful of Soil: What It Does 115
L. A. Clinton.

X. The Brook 125
J. O. Martin. Introduction by L. H. Bailey.

XI. Insect Life of a Brook 135
Mary Rogers Miller.

XII. Life in an Aquarium 141
Mary Rogers Miller.

XIII. A Study of Fishes 157
H. D. Reed.

XIV. The Opening of a Cocoon 167
Mary Rogers Miller.

XV. A Talk about Spiders 171
John Henry Comstock.

XVI. Life History of the Toad 185
Simon Henry Gage.

XVII. Life in a Terrarium 207
Alice I. Kent.

XVIII. Directions for Collecting and Preserving Insects 213
Anna Botsford Comstock.

XIX. Some Tent-Makers 227
Anna Botsford Comstock.

XX. Mosquitoes 237
Mary Rogers Miller.

XXI. The Ways of the Ant 243
Anna Botsford Comstock.

XXII. The Birds and I 253
L. H. Bailey.

XXIII. The Early Birds 261
Louis Agassiz Fuertes.

XXIV. The Woodpeckers 269
Anna Botsford Comstock.

XXV. The Chickadee 279
Anna Botsford Comstock.

XXVI. The White-Breasted Nuthatch 283
Anna Botsford Comstock.

XXVII. About Crows 287
Mary Rogers Miller.

XXVIII. How a Squash Plant Gets Out of the Seed 291
L. H. Bailey.

XXIX. How the Trees Look in Winter 297
L. H. Bailey.

XXX. One Way of Drawing Trees in Their Winter Aspects 307
Charles W. Furlong.

XXXI. Four Apple Twigs 317
L. H. Bailey.

XXXII. The Burst of Spring 327
L. H. Bailey.

XXXIII. Evergreens and How They Shed Their Leaves 333
H. P. Gould.

XXXIV. The Clovers and Their Kin 349
Anna Botsford Comstock.

XXXV. How Plants Live Together 361
L. H. Bailey.

XXXVI. Planting a Plant 367
L. H. Bailey.

XXXVII. Cuttings and Cuttings 369
L. H. Bailey.

XXXVIII. A Children's Garden 379
L. H. Bailey.

XXXIX. A Hill of Potatoes 385
I. P. Roberts.

XL. The Hepatica 391
Anna Botsford Comstock.

XLI. Jack-in-the-Pulpit 395
Anna Botsford Comstock.

XLII. Indian Corn 397
Anna Botsford Comstock.

XLIII. The Ripened Corn 401
Anna Botsford Comstock.

XLIV. The Uses of Food Stored in Seeds 409
Anna Botsford Comstock.

XLV. The Life History of a Beet 415
Mary Rogers Miller.

XLVI. Pruning 417
Mary Rogers Miller.

XLVII. Study of a Tree 423
Anna Botsford Comstock.

XLVIII. The Maple in February 431
Anna Botsford Comstock.

XLIX. The Red Squirrel or Chickaree 435
Anna Botsford Comstock.

L. Improvement of School Grounds 437
John W. Spencer.