50 WILD FLOWER FAMILIES 
7. Have you seen any insects visiting the blos- 
soms? 
8. Of what advantage to the plant are the hairs 
upon the flower-stalk? 
(B) Write for your wild flower booklet a little essay 
upon The First Wild Flower. Follow this out- 
line: 
Where the Hepatica grows. 
When it blossoms. 
Structure of flower: 
Flower-stalk. 
Bracts. 
Sepals. 
Stamens. 
Pistils. 
How it attracts insect visitors. 
How it excludes wingless visitors. 
The new leaves. 
(C) Make the following drawings for your wild flower 
: booklet: A last year’s leaf; A new leaf before 
it unfolds; A flower. 
(D) Copy this verse in your booklet: 
Brave blue-eyed herald of the tardy spring, 
Who while the laggard followers still sleep, 
Courageously thy steadfast watch doth keep, 
Glad tidings of her first approach to bring. 
Emily Shaw Forman. 
MarsuH MaricoLp: 
(A) 1. Where have you seen the Marsh Marigold 
growing? 
2. When does it blossom? 
3. Of what advantage to the plant are the hollow, 
furrowed stems? 
4. Are there any hairs upon leaves, stems or 
flowers ? 
