AFTER PLANTING, WHAT? 



end there seems to be no plant that does 

 not do three things. It makes another hke, or 

 better than itself, that will continue its kind upon 

 the earth; it helps to keep the earth beautiful 

 and habitable with a covering of green things; 

 and finally each plant fills a place of real use, 



Root Cage or Planting Frame. (Strings Stretched to Meas- 

 ure Growth) 



as food, or as material to be made into cloth- 

 ing or as a thing of use or beauty. The lesson 

 of reproduction is taken up again when pollination 

 begins. The usefulness of the plant should be 

 the strong point in lessons at the harvest time. 



The plant's determination to make the best of 

 itself in good or bad soil, in good or bad environ- 



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