OBSERVATIONAL LESSON I 



PART I A PLUM 

 PREPARATIONS FOR WORK 



Each pupil must be supplied with two plums. Both specimens should, if possible, 

 have stalks, and one, at least, should be fully ripe. 



DIRECTIONS TO THE PUPIL 

 (1) Write down in ink on the left hand 

 page of your note-book (near the margin 

 and one beneath the other) the headings 

 given below in the left hand column. Fill 

 in details in pencil from your own per- 

 sonal examination of the specimens. On 

 the opposite page make and label the 

 diagrams suggested, leaving a space on the 

 right hand of each for a water colour 

 drawing. (See figures 1 and 2 on pages FIGURE 4 .TT~Pium cut 



2 and 3.) through, and showing the 



RIPE SPECIMEN 



Left-hand page of the note-book 

 Describe : 

 Size 

 Shape 

 Colour 

 Record : 



Observations as to external 

 appearance 



seed laid bare by the removal 

 of part of the stone. 



Right-hand page of the note-book 

 Make : Leave : 



A space for a 

 water colour 

 sketch to be 

 made at your 

 leisure 



An outline 

 diagram of 

 the fruit 

 and stalk 



