50 THE RADISH 
find it quite changed and much shrunken. The reason of this is 
that the radish plant has used the food it stored up and has 
produced flowers and seeds. 
Drawing 
1. Make a drawing of the whole radish plant, showing 
how and where the leaves grow out of it, and the 
tapering root. 
2. Draw a vertical section and show the varying thick- 
ness of the pink layer. 
3. Draw a cross section and show the pink layer and 
radiating lines. 
4. Draw a leaf and show the wavy outline; the notches ; 
the ‘“ squirrel’s ears.” 
