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NATURE STUDY MADE EASY 



STRAWBERRY PLANT 



In cultivated plants gardeners cut off 

 these runners. Why? At Fall of year, 

 when fruit is ripe, these runners are 

 allowed to root. Why? Then carried 

 off as young plants to make new straw- 

 berry beds. These blossom and fruit 

 the following year and produce strong, 

 healthy plants like the parent plant. 



Plants grow quicker from runners than 

 from seed. Gardeners take advantage of 

 this and plant them. 



PRACTICAL WORK AND APPLICA- 

 TION 



1. Let class make drawings and observe 

 growth when opportunity occurs, either 

 in class room or at home. 



2. What is a runner? 



Mention a plant that propagates by 

 runners. 



How does a runner produce new plants ? 

 What is the use of a runner to a plant ? 

 Why does the gardener plant runners ? 



