250 THE SCHOOL GARDEN BOOK 



light of the school- or living-room. Print date on 

 the label. If they can be put in a cool, light room 

 where they will not freeze, they will develop better 

 than in an ordinarily heated room, and the flowers 

 will last longer. 



Record of Growth. 



1. Bulb: shape, size, color. Date of planting. 



2. Date of bringing to light; extent of root development; 



of leaf development. 



3. Date when first flower-bud is seen. 



4. Date of first open flower; of last flower; length of blos- 



soming period. 



5. Height of leaves and flower-stalks; number of flowers; 



length of perianth tube; shape of ovary as seen from 

 side; expanse of petals; length of crown; number of 

 stamens; appearance of stigma. 



6. Conclusions reached as to means of improving culture. 



Drawings for Booklets. 



1. Bulb. 



2. Whole plant and ball of earth as turned out of flower- 



pot when brought from basement, showing extent of 

 root development and leaf de^•elopment. 



3. Leaves and blossoms; try to express with a sharp pencil 



point the delicate grace of the long slender leaves 

 with their straight margins, and the beauty of the 

 erect cylindrical flower-stalks, with the blossoms held 

 so charmingly at an angle on the top. Be sure to 

 show the withered spathe. Or use colored crayon 

 pencils on gray or brown paper. 



