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and gardens; also, if convenient, one or two water-grasses, 

 such as cut-grass, manna-grass or reed. Weekly observa- 

 tions should be made through the term on the activities of 

 the whole plant — what it is doing in leaf or stem or flower or 

 fruit production; what it is doing below ground in the 

 way of production of stools or offsets ; when starting growth 

 or second growth; when distributing seeds, etc. 



For record, these observations may be entered in the 

 columns of a cross-ruled table, the left-hand column being 

 reserved for the names of the grasses, and dates being written 

 at the top of the other columns in proper order. Names of 

 the grasses, if needed, will be supplied by the instructor 

 when a flowering or fruiting specimen is furnished for 

 identification. Following the name of each kind of grass, 

 there should be written, in the proper date columns, the 

 observations made upon it. Footnotes may include any 

 observations for which there is not room in the table. 



Optional Study 12. A Calendar of Summer Wild Flowers 



This is a continuation, through the summer season, of the 

 observations on spring flowers, outlined in Optional Study 8 

 on page 230, and may follow the plan there outlined. For 

 the second table-heading, "Relation to leaf -unfolding,'' 

 substitute: "Form and size of flower-cluster (diagram, 

 and give measurements)". 



