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3. What is the color of the stamens and pollen? 



4. Have you seen any insects visiting the flowers? 



5. Is there any nectar present? 



6. Have the blossoms any odor? 



7. What sort of a root has the plant? 



8: Why should it be called False Solomon's 

 Seal? 



(B) Write a short description of the Spikenard and 

 illustrate it by a drawing of the whole plant. 



Wild Lily-of-the- Valley : 



(A) I. In what sorts of situations does the Wild 



Lily-of-the- Valley grow most abundantly? 



2. When do the blossoms appear? 



3. Have you ever seen any insects visiting the 



flowers? 



4. Can you find any nectar? 



5. Is there any odor? 



6. Can you distinguish through the lens the four 



lobes of the perianth, the four stamens and 

 the one pistil? 



7. What is the color of the pollen? 



8. Have you ever seen the red berries later in the 



season ? 



(B) Write a little essay concerning the Wild Lily-of- 



the-valley, following some such outline as this : 

 Where it grows. 

 When it blossoms. 

 How it looks. 



Stem. 



Leaves. 



Flowers. 



(C) Make a careful drawing, with a sharp lead 



pencil, of the whole plant. 



