52 WILD FLOWER FAMILIES 
2. How does it prevent ants and other wingless 
insects from getting the nectar? 
3. Where does it secrete nectar? 
4. Has it odor? 
5. How is the nectar and pollen protected from 
the rain? 
6. How is cross-pollination insured ? 
7. Are all the parts of the flower present? 
8. What insects visit the blossoms? 
9. Have you ever seen any humming-birds visiting 
the flower? 
10. Have you seen bumble-bees biting into the 
nectar-spurs to steal the nectar? 
11. Do bees visit young as well as old blossoms? 
(B) Write a little essay for your wild flower booklet 
with some such title as one of these: The Colum- 
bine and the Bumble-bees; The Columbine’s 
Visitors; A Rock-loving Plant. 
(C) Make these drawings: A leaf; A young flower; 
An older flower. Be sure that your pencil point 
is sharp and see how well you can express the 
delicate lines of beauty in the plant. 
GoLDTHREAD: 
(A) 1. In what sorts of situations have you seen the 
Goldthread growing? 
2. What kinds of trees was it underneath? 
3. How were the different plants connected with 
one another? 
4. Why should it have the name of Goldthread? 
5. Do the leaves remain green through the winter ? 
6. Were you able to find any insects visiting the 
flowers? 
7. How many sepals are there? 
8. How many petals are there? 
9. How do these petals differ from the petals of 
other flowers? 
