SPRING NATURE STUDY. 555 



Some of our class said it was varnish and some said it was a sticky 

 substance. On the outside on the sticky brown scales they have come 

 off and they looked like petals of a flower. On my bud the scales 

 have come off. The scales wrap the little leaves to protect the leaves. 

 A little blossom is all wrapped up inside of the scales. My bud is 

 very soft and smooth. " JOSEPHINE HART, 



THIRD GRADE, PRACTICE SCHOOL. 



WHAT WAS IN MY HORSE-CHESTNUT BUD. 



44 When we looked at the other horse-chestnut buds then we looked 

 at these. The scales were all turned back. All the little leaves are 

 covered with cotton batting. The cotton batting flies away. Some- 

 times they have seven or five leaves. The lilac has only one leaflet. 

 Some of them are front some back, some are left, some are right 

 (Refers to opposite arrangement of leaves, C. B. S.) It (the leaflet) is 

 shaped like a blade of a knife. All the leaves (leaflets) are fastened 

 to the same place. It is rough on both sides of the horse-chest- 

 nut leaf. The color of it is green. The leaves give the tree a new 

 green dress. It has one rib down through the middle of the leaves. 

 There are little veins." LORENZO CARLETON, 



THIRD GRADE, PRACTICE SCHOOL. 



THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE LILAC BUD. 



This is one of the best for early study. It is widely 

 distributed, and easily obtained. While the lilac buds 

 are not as pretty as some others, they are so simple, their 

 plan is so clear, and their parts so distinct, that any, child 

 can understand them, and through them be helped to 

 understand more difficult buds. 



For the first study, the large buds on the young shoots 

 springing from the ground are good, as they usually have 

 only leaves. A little later can be studied the thicker buds 

 near the upper part of the lilac bush, containing both 

 leaves and flowers. 



Begin with the buds at home, on the shrub, as already 

 urged. Select some bush for special study, one visible 

 from schoolroom windows may be best, and note its 



