Go to the drugstore and find out what tropical plants are valuable for medicines. Try also to world, being of Many people learn from what country and grand division each the largest trees in the great height and size. visit these groves from different sections of the world. Compare the size of the cottage with the diameter of the trees in the foreground of the picture on the preceding page. Estimate the size of the wagon, in the picture on this page. Estimate the width of cut in the tree. Estimate the size of the tree at the base. Describe the growth of these trees from the two pictures. comes. Find out what tropical plants are valuable for food; from what countries they come; their value to us. Find out what tropical and what temperate woods are especially valuable for making furni ture. Plant seeds of the different deciduous and evergreen trees; through observation learn all you can of their manner of growth and their needs. What wild animals live near your home? gions, where they can more easily protect themselves. Which ones live on land? Which in water? What useful animals do you know? Tell what you can about each. What animal pets have you? Of what use are they? Bring in all kinds of articles made from wool. Tell their uses. Bring in specimen. of leather. Make a list of the various articles made of leather. Once the useful ani mals and the pets were wild; but they were tamed by mankind for use and for food. The useful animals of both the hot In the picture the pupils are studying and the cold countries are very different from ours in the temperate country. the dog. Wild animals of some kind live in nearly every part of the world. There are more wild animals in the hot and temperate countries than in the cold countries, because animals like to live where they can most easily procure their food and care food and care for their young. The cow is our most useful animal. Every part of her is of use to mankind. From her we get milk, butter, cheese, beef, suet for food. Buttons and combs are made from her horns; glue, from her hoofs; leather, from her skin; phosphate, a fertilizer, from the bones; and the hair is used in plaster. We depend upon the horse and the ox for beasts of burden and for general The fiercest and largest animals live in work. In very mountainous regions in the hot country. There are few large wild animals near where people live. As people settle near the homes of animals, the latter flee to the forests or mountainous re other temperate countries the mule, also furnish milk and other food. furnish the people with milk and butter. The reindeer and dogs draw them over the snow. In hot, dry regions the camel furnishes the milk and is the beast of burden. Find out how camels are peculiarly fitted for long, hot journeys in dry regions. In some countries the camel, buffalo, and elephant are trained to work. ANIMAL FAMILIES.-Animals have habits of living, of procuring food, of protecting themselves and their young. Groups of animals resemble each other in their habits. They have certain peculiarities and features which fit them for their mode of living. Animals belong to GREAT FAMILIES as people and plants do. They have fathers, mothers, brothers, sis organ-grinders to the ape and gorilla, -the latter being larger and stronger than man. Bring in pictures of as many of the animals as you can find. Arrange them neatly on charts according to their families. Find out the leading characteristics of each family. qjut Animals move about from place to place; yet confine themselves within certain limits, in which the weaker ones die and the stronger survive. These limits are spoken of as Animal Realms. What animal realms do you find in the picture? Make a list of the animals in each, according to text on this and the next page. The animals of the Australian Realm are different from all the others. This is probably because OLD NORTHERN REALM ETHIOPIAN ORIENTAL there is no tries some of these ani mals live. There are few members of the Pouched Family. The AUSTRALIAN REALM neither can the animals of Australia get to other continents. Why? Northern Realm.- Family of Gnawers; Bear |