198 WILD FLOWER FAMILIES 



OBSERVATIONS FOR NOTEBOOK 



Self-Heal : 



(A) I. Does the plant thrive best in sunny or in 



shady situations? 



2. Have you ever seen the stems that spread along 



the ground? 



3. How can you tell that it belongs to the mint 



family? 



4. Have you seen bumble-bees visiting the flow- 



ers ? Which blossoms in a head do they 

 visit first, the lower or the upper? 



5. Examine the flower to see the way in which 



pollen gets upon the bee and is carried to 

 the stigmas of other Self-Heal blossoms. 



(B) Write a short description of the Self-Heal and 



illustrate it by a drawing of a flower-head. 



(C) Read pages 45 to 46 in Nature's Garden. 



