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their flags around the edge of the home or out of the windows, so to 

 speak, the httle flowers in the center would not be seen and would be 

 neglected by the insects. 



LESSON XXXVIII. 



FLOWER VILLAGES. 



Purpose. — To enable the child to discriminate between the flowers 

 which attract attention by growing in masses and those where the single 

 flower is showy enough to attract insects. 



When many of the flower families are grouped together on one 

 plant they may be compared to a village ; asters, burdocks, thistles and 

 sunflowers are good instances of these flower villages. It should be 



shown clearly that by this growing of many of the 

 flower families together, they make a greater show 

 of color and are more likely to attract the attention 

 of insects. 



The golden-rod may be compared to a flower 

 city, each little branch bearing, as it does, many 

 families of blossoms like a street. The golden-rod 

 flower should be looked at under the lens to show 

 that each little tuft of yellow is made of disc flowers, 

 Central fower. Bannerfiowcr and banner flowcrs similar to those of the sunflower. 

 Goldcn-rod. Reference.— "A Golden City," Boys and Girls, 



Oct., 1904 (Ithaca, X. Y.). Bulletin No. 6, Bureau of Chemistry, "The 

 Sunflower Plant : Its Cultivation. Composition and Uses," H. W. .Wiley, 

 p. 31, 1901 ; price 5 cents. 



A golden-rod street. 



LESSON XXXIX. 



THE SEEDS OF THE SUNFLOWER. 



Purpose. — To teach that the chief end of each floweret is to de- 

 velop seed. 



Tliis should I).' a lesson of observation covering several days. The 

 children should see where the seeds are being developed, and should 



