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manuals may be readily used. But it must be insisted that 

 the work must be thoroughly done. A hasty and careless 

 running through the pages, with plant in hand, will not 

 help the pupil. The work must be slow, careful, and con- 

 scientious. And the pupil must bring to his work the 

 determination to acquire as quickly as possible the power 

 of close observation and accurate description. While he is 

 forbidden to memorize descriptive terms while they are 

 meaningless to him, yet he is expected never to forget a 

 form once seen and its appropriate descriptive term. 



545. The following plants are recommended for study: 



Blossoming in the spring and early summer : 



Tulip, Buttercup, Hepatica, Violet, Cherry, Apple, Weigelia, Lilac, 

 Pea, Eye. 



Blossoming in the summer and autwmn : 



Lily, Bouncing Bet, Morning-glory, Petunia, Buckwheat, Indian 

 Corn, Sunflower, Golden-rod, Gentian. 



546. Select a well-grown specimen of any plant, prefer- 

 ably in its flowering and fruiting stage, and make a study 

 of all its parts in the following order: 



(3) Leaves; 



(4) Buds; 



(5) Flowers; 



(6) Feuits; 



(7) Seeds. 



Axis, composed 

 of "^ 



(1) Stem, which bears 



1^ (2) Root. 

 Record your observations neatly and concisely, making 

 drawings or outline sTcetches of the more important parts. 



% 1. The Stem. 



Form. — Most stems are cylindrical, or nearly so, in form, while 

 others are flattened, square, triangular, etc. 



Size. — Measure the diameter and height of the stem, using pref- 

 erably the metric scale. 



