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ripe. What do you notice? Is it well for the seed 

 that it has a spicy taste? Of what use is the seed 

 to us other than giving us new plants ? How many 

 seeds in one pod? How are the seeds scattered? 

 Will plants come next year from these seeds that 

 are scattered ? (The home of this plant is in a 

 warm country, where the plants do not freeze after 

 they sprout. They cannot bear our cold springs, so 

 we save the seeds and plant them when the weather 

 becomes warm.) 



(f) The dense foliage. Describe the leaf. The 

 stems of the young and of the older leaves. Of what 

 use are the leaves to the little buds and to the seed 

 pods ? 



NOTE. This is not intended to be an exhaustive study of 

 the nasturtium. A fuller study would be made in the higher 

 grades, including the cross-fertilization of the plants. 



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THE MORNING-GLORY 



(A SPRING STUDY) 



Have you planted any flower seeds this spring ? 

 What ones ? [Among others quite likely the morn- 

 ing-glory may be mentioned.] Have you any morn- 



