FALL PLANT STUDY. 36? 



In the baby ilower these parts are on the outside. 

 They cover the pretty yellow parts when they are little. 

 Mary's buttercup did not have the green parts. 

 Miss Grey said they had fallen off. 

 Their work was done. 



In the middle of the gold cup we found a little green ball. 

 It had little points on it. 



Harry found a green ball without any gold cup. 

 It had many green parts. 

 . Harry thought they were seeds. 



We could not find anything else that looked like seeds. 



Miss Grey said, " Yes, they are seeds. 1 ' 



There are many green seeds in the green ball. 



The seeds are in the middle of the gold cup. 



The gold cup and the parts of the green star take care of them. 



The buttercup plant puts her seeds where they will be most safe. 



We found some yellow things all around the green ball of seeds. 



They are so many we cannot count them. 



Fanny says each yellow thing is like a pin. 



It has a thin part like a thread, with a little ball on top. 



They stand all around the seeds and take care of them. 



Miss Grey says they have another work to do. 



We will find out about it some time 



Did you know the buttercup had so many things in it ? 



Every little part has some work to do. 



Do you know what the buttercup flower is good for ? 



It helps to make the world beautiful. 



It helps to make boys and girls happy. 



It makes seeds for the buttercup plant. 



And yet some folks think it is not good for anything. 



Drawing and Color Work. The buttercup flower is so 

 simple and symmetrical, it is excellent for the first work 

 in drawing or painting flowers, much better than the 

 mallow. 



