NATURE STUDY MADE EASY 



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Now comes the gardener to cut them from the parent plant, 

 and transplant them to make new strawberry plants for next year. 



All winter the young plants lie warm 

 underground, and next summer they 

 grow up to bear leaves, blossoms, and 

 fruit, and to send out new runners as 

 the old plant did last year. All run- 

 ners are not needed to grow straw- 

 berry plants, but all should be cut off 

 from the parent plant. If they are left 

 growing, they will draw from the strength 

 of the plant and weaken the fruit. 



Look for some wild strawberry plants 

 during your next walk along a country 

 road. You will see them creeping over 

 the mounds among the grass. 



LANGUAGE LESSON 



Write the life story of the strawberry. 



How is the strawberry propagated? 



How are the runners formed ? 



What is done with them ? 



Tell the life history of a strawberry runner. 



Strawberries 

 \ 

 When the fields are sweet with clover, 



And the woods are glad with song, 

 When the brooks are running over, 

 And the days are bright and long, 



