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3. Notice the teasel in the field in late autumn. How do you think 

 it distributes its seeds? In what w^ay do you think the wind might be 

 helpful to the plant in distributing its seeds? 



4. Why is the teasel cultivated? 



5. Notice the blossoms of the teasel. Where are they? What color 

 are the blossoms? 



6. How long does a teasel plant live? 



LESSON HI. HOAIES FOR OUTDOOR FOLK 



It happens very often that boys and girls find little wild creatures on 

 their way to school ; a butterfly, perhaps, a cricket, some pollywogs, a 

 toad, or a turtle. These outdoor folk would be interesting in the school- 

 room if you had some place to keep them. Why not have an aquarium 

 jar (Fig. 3) for the water folk, and for little land animals, you might 

 have a terrarium (Fig. 4), an enclosed bit of earth in which things will 

 live and grow? If there is a manual training department connected with 

 your school, the teacher will probably let you make a terrarium similar to 

 that illustrated in Fig. 4, or some friendly carpenter may be willing to 

 help the boys make one outside of school hours. The front is made of 

 glass and the sides and top of wire screening. The top is fastened on 



one side by means of 

 hinges, and can be 

 raised easily when the 

 little guests are placed 

 in their indoor home. 

 Boys and girls who 

 are interested in farms 

 and gardens shouUl 

 know the wild life 

 about them, for many 

 of the outdoor crea- 

 tures are either 

 friends or enemies to 

 the farmer and gar- 

 dener. If you become 

 acquainted with them 

 you may be able to 

 induce some that are 

 -An aquarian jar. Watching some of the water folk, friendly to act as 



farm hands. 

 The terrarium illustrated in Fig. 4 has sheltered many an interesting 

 little wanderer. Let me sec how man}- I can remember : — Toads, sala- 

 manders, crickets, long-horned grasshoppers, short-horned grasshoppers. 



Fig. 



