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Find where the honey or nectar is in the blue flags. 

 Patiently and closely observe the bees get it; lead the 

 children to see and understand the process, and then de- 

 scribe it. Watch the ripening of the seeds and find out 



FIG. 9. LARGER BLUK FLAG. Iris versicolor. 



a, showing how a bumblebee enters the flower ; b, flower with perianth 

 removed; 1, stigmatic membrane; 2, a lobe of the style; 3, an anther. 

 Both reduced. 



how they are scattered. Do you know how seeds of the 

 Dandelion and the wild Touch-me-not are disseminated ? 

 Compare other wild-growing flags, the Blue-eyed Grass and 

 the Cultivated Iris. Let the children watch insects on 

 Milkweeds. Catch butterflies on milkweed flowers and ex- 



