OBSERVATIONAL LESSON XIV 



A GROWING BUD 

 PREPARATIONS FOR WORK 



To each student or pair of students give a small cabbage with a solid " heart." * 



DIRECTIONS TO THE PUPIL 



(1) Cut off a piece from the base of your cabbage stalk so as to 

 make it quite level. 



Note down : 



The width of the pith 



The number of woody rings 



Make : 



A diagram of the cut surface of 

 the cabbage stalk 



Answer the question : 

 Is there any bark ? 



(2) Cut the cabbage in half, 

 beginning with the stalk and 

 keeping as nearly as you can to 

 the middle. 



Make notes as to : Make : 



The size and colour of the cut A general diagram 



FIGURE 119. 

 A Cabbage Stalk cut across. 



leaves 



A Brussels' sprout would do as well. 



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