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 THE CABBAGE BUTTERFLY 



Have you seen butterflies in a "cabbage patch"? 

 Of what color? What were they doing there? 

 Watch them closely and see if you can find out. 

 (They were laying eggs.) Where did they lay the 

 eggs? What was their color? Why was it well that 

 they were of this color? How many were there 

 together? 



The teacher might well bring to the class a head 

 of cabbage on which are some of these eggs. Keep 

 in a shady, cool place where the leaves will not wilt, 

 and allow the children to look at the eggs every day. 



Encourage them also to watch those on one head 

 in their gardens at home. In about ten days from 

 the time the eggs were laid they will hatch out into 

 tiny green caterpillars. Is it well for them that their 

 color is green ? Why ? What do they do as soon as 

 they come from the egg? (Go to eating the leaves.) 

 Why did the mother lay the eggs just where she did? 



A few of these caterpillars may be put into a glass 

 and supplied with fresh leaves every day. The top 

 should be covered with paper in which there are 



