198 WILD FLOWER FAMILIES 
OBSERVATIONS FOR NOTEBOOK 
SELF-HEAL: 
(A) 1. Does the plant thrive best in sunny or in 
shady situations? 
2. Have you-ever seen the stems that spread along 
the ground? : 
3. How can you tell that it belongs to the mint 
family ? 
4. Have you seen bumble-bees visiting the flow- 
ers? Which blossoms in a head do they 
visit first, the lower or the upper? 
5. Examine the flower to see the way in which 
pollen gets upon the bee and is carried to 
the stigmas of other Self-Heal blossoms. 
(B) Write a short description of the Self-Heal and 
illustrate it by a drawing of a flower-head. 
(C) Read pages 45 to 46 in Nature’s Garden. 
