232 WILD FLOWER FAMILIES 



(B) Write a short description of The Closed Gentian 



for your wild flower booklets, following this 

 outline : 

 Stem. 

 Leaves. 

 Flowers. 



Calyx. 



Corolla. 



Stamens. 



Pistil. 



Insect visitors. 

 How unwelcome visitors are excluded. 



(C) Illustrate your essay by drawing one or more 



of the flowers as seen upon the plant, and a 

 sectional view of a single flower. 



(D) Read the account of the Closed Gentian on pages 



92 to 94 of Ten New England Blossoms and 

 their Insect Visitors. Read also the delightful 

 little story by Mrs. Annie Trumbull Slosson, 

 entitled " The Little Shet-up Posy " in her book, 

 Story-Tell Lib. 



FRINGED .GENTIAN : 



(A) I. In what sort of localities does the Fringed 



Gentian grow? 



2. How is it adapted to pollination by bumble- 



bees? 



3. Is the color of the flower a sky-blue or a 



violet-blue ? 



(B) Make a careful drawing of stem, leaf and flower, 



and copy into your booklet the verse by the poet 

 Byrant printed on page 230. 



(C) If you have access to the bound volumes of the 



Garden Magazine read the account of the suc- 

 cessful growing of the Fringed Gentian as a 

 cultivated plant, on pages 210 to 212 of volume 

 two. 



