NATURE STUDY MADE EASY 



Nay, diverse notes make up true harmony; 



All-fashioned loves agree : 

 Love wears the Lily's whiteness, and 



Love glows 



In the deep-hearted Rose. 



CHRISTINA G. ROSSETTI. 



LESSON III 



THE PLANT THAT GREW IN WATER 



What would this world be without flowers? How readily 

 they grow ! Only a little sunshine, a little brown mold, and a few 

 drops of moisture, and they bloom and fill our homes with color. 

 Some plants do not require even these three things. Did you 

 ever see a plant that could grow without soil? Once a little 

 girl whom I knew heard her teacher tell in class that she knew of 

 a plant which would grow without mold. The teacher told the 

 class to find it during vacation. The little girl looked around 

 during vacation, and one day in September she brought to 

 school a few sprays of tradescantia. Some people call it inch- 

 plant. I wonder why? Perhaps because the leaves grow about 

 an inch apart. Some call it the wandering plant. I suppose that 

 is because it grows so rapidly. 



The girl brought some sprays of the plant to school and put 

 them in a bottle, and the teacher placed the bottle high up 

 where all the class could watch it. They looked each day to see 



