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DANDELION 



Composition. — Describe a dandelion flower. Make 

 a paragraph about each of the topics in the following 



outline : — 



The whole flower. 



A single petal. 



The green fringe. 



The flower stalk. 



SUPPLEMENTARY WORK 



Florets. — What we call a dandelion flower is a cluster of 

 many flowers caWed Jto rets. Each floret is a blossom with one 

 seed, and is as separate from the other florets in a head as an 



apple blossom is from 

 the other apple blos- 

 soms in a cluster. At 

 the bottom of each 

 floret is a drop of 

 honey which bees are 

 looking for when they 

 crawl over the plant. 

 Are all the florets open 

 at once ? 



Dandelions on a 

 Lawn. — Dandelions 

 spring up everywhere 

 on our lawns and along 

 our fences, and noth- 

 ing seems to kill them. 

 Can you cut the leaves 

 off with a lawn mower? 

 Can animals bite them 

 off readily ? Can you 

 Dandelion Plant pull a dandelion plant 



