146 NATURE STUDY LESSONS FOR PRIMARY GRADES 



ing-glory seeds ? You may bring some to school to 

 plant, that we may have their pretty leaves and 

 blossoms in our windows. [If the children have 

 not the seeds, the teacher will furnish them.] 



On the following day a number of seeds are 

 placed in a dish where all can see them well. No- 

 tice their colors. Notice their shape. What gave 

 them this queer shape? If they have not noticed 

 the seed pod, they will be told that we shall find 

 out later. 



The teacher has in the class two wooden starch 

 boxes, or other boxes, filled with rich soil. The girls 

 plant seeds in one box and the boys in another. 

 See which will have the better plants. Each is 

 labeled. What do you expect from these seeds ? 

 (Morning-glory vines.) What care must the seeds 

 have ? (They must be kept warm and must have 

 water.) How much water? [Appoint one careful 

 girl to care for the girls' box of seeds, and a thought- 

 ful boy to care for the other box.] The boxes are 

 now set away. Where shall we set them ? 



Now each child is supplied with a morning-glory 

 seed and a pin. Would you like to find what is 

 inside this seed ? You may take off its outside coat. 

 (We cannot, it is fastened on so very tightly.) 



