OBSERVATIONAL LESSON XXVI 



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FIGURE 196. A Lily bud opening. 



PART III AN OPENING FLOWER (continued, 4th Investigation] 

 PREPARATIONS FOR WORK 



For the last time, set out the plants used 

 for the study of an opening flower. 



DIRECTIONS TO THE PUPIL 



(2) Make a careful drawing of 

 the fully opened flower. Write 

 down how much the stalk has 

 grown in length since you first 

 examined the plant. 



(3) Describe fully the various 

 kinds of parts which make up the flower. Draw these separately, 

 and leave a space underneath . your 



sketches in which to write the uses of 

 each when you have been able to find 

 them out. 



SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER WORK 

 OUT OF SCHOOL 



In a school garden the visits of bees 

 and other insects to flowers should be 

 noted, and the result of keeping these 

 creatures away from some freely fruiting 



plant Should be Seen. FIGURE 197. -A Lily flower. 



* Figures 178, 183, 191, 196, and 197 are from photographs by Wilfred Mark Webb. 



