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THE BLACKBERRY 
jive points or leaves; the round white spot on the 
hull. This spot exactly fitted the round spot on 
one end of the blackberry. 
Look at the leaves. How many parts, or leaflets, 
have they? Notice the edges of the leaves. They 
look like the teeth of a saw; from this they get 
their name, serrate, which means saw-toothed. 
Look at the blackberry blossoms on the upper part 
of the plate. Find one that is wide open; count 
the petals... Notice the /ringe, made of fine 
threads with little balls on the ends of them. 
The balls are yellow in the real blossom. These 
are called stamens, and the little balls have a 
powder which makes the blackberry grow. 
Notice the small spot in the middle. In the real 
blossom this is green and is the baby blackberry. 
When it begins to grow, the petals fall off, but 
the fringe does not. It dries up and turns 
brown. Now if you look at the hull where the 
berry has been picked off, you will see that the 
little fringe is still there, dry and brown. 
Look at the blackberry blossoms and find one wide 
open; one not so wide open; one nearly closed ; 
one more closed; a bud, and very little bud. 
1 The teacher must here explain the meaning of petal, stamen, calyx. 
