226 WILD FLOWER FAMILIES 



OBSERVATIONS FOR NOTEBOOK 



SPRING EVERLASTING: 



(A) i. In what sorts -of situations do the plants 



grow? 



2. Can you distinguish between the pollen-bear- 



ing and the seed-bearing flower-heads? 



3. Which are the taller? 



4. Do the two kinds ever come from the same 



root? 



5. What insects can you find visiting the flowers? 



6. Do you find any ants getting nectar from the 



blossoms ? 



(B) Make a careful drawing of a flower-stalk of the 



pollen-bearing form and another of a flower- 

 ing stalk of the seed-bearing form. 



WHITE DAISY: 



(A) i. How early do the first Daisy blossoms appear? 



2. Does the plant grow from seed the same year 



that it blossoms? 



3. Do you know how the young Daisy plants look 



late in summer and early in autumn ? 



4. What insects visit the flowers? 



5. How may the plants be kept out of meadows 



and pastures? 



(Z?) Make a careful drawing of one or more Daisy 

 flowers with rather long stems, putting the 

 drawing toward the left margin of the sheet 

 and at the right of it print the verse by Bliss 

 Carman given on page 212. 



