82 WILD FLOWER PRESERVATION 



ing-glass to make all clear: Flower-head cut 

 through from stem to the apex of the disc, 

 single bracts, one ray floret, disc florets in 

 three stages, and a mature flower-head after 

 the withering of the ray florets, showing the 

 achenes with their plumes of hair. 



EXERCISE V. 



Study the description of the Robin's Plan- 

 tain given in the Flora and write down a short- 

 ened and simplified form of this in your note- 

 book, adding to the paragraph anything fur- 

 ther that you learn . from Nature's Garden 

 either about the Robin's Plantain itse'lf or the 

 characteristics of its Family. 



EXERCISE VI. 



Preserve two plants by arranging them very 

 carefully in a press, and using blotting-paper 

 and wadding circular pads for equalizing pres- 

 sure round the flower-heads (see p. 130). 



Every plant found should be examined and 

 described according to the method suggested 

 in these exercises. If you have very little 

 leisure, sketch only the peculiar characteristics 



