AFTER PLANTING, WHAT.'' 



periments showing the exterior and interior of 

 seeds, their outer and inner coats, their various 

 embryonic development, the pattern of the tiny 

 plant, as well as its store of food for the seedlings, 

 suggest themselves. The vitality of seeds fur- 

 nishes many useful stories. So, too, do lessons on 

 the different kinds of roots, these latter to be 

 reviewed as the various root crops are harvested. 

 Lessons on branching, budding and plant develop- 

 ment generally, come naturally as talks while the 

 crops are up and growing. Brief cooking lessons 

 will suggest themselves when there are things to 

 take home to eat. 



Some specimens of plants that are cultivated in 

 the vegetable gardens for their roots or leaves, 

 must be allowed either there or in the observation 

 plots to go to seed so as to show that they com- 

 plete the round allotted to all plant life. In the 

 observation plots, however, the weed seeds must not 

 be allowed to ripen. Some of the seeds gathered 

 from last year's field and pasture may be used 

 to show their methods of bursting forth for travel. 

 Some attach themselves to an animal's fur or to 

 clothing for free passage (as do "stick-me-tights" 

 on children's stockings), while others, like the 

 dandelion, or the milkweed which spreads its 

 tiny sail to the wind, depend upon the air for 

 transportation. 



The Department of Agriculture puts up for 

 J2.00 apiece, two interesting collections of seeds 

 of one hundred each. Some seed forms are so 



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