THE CARROT 
Material 
wo carrots for each pupil. Carrots with leaves should be used if pos- 
sible. New carrots can be obtained in the New York markets at almost any 
time of the year. 
Previous to the recitation several carrots may be cut in very thin trans-* 
verse sections, being kept in water until needed in § 8. It requires a sharp 
knife and a steady land to do this well, and young pupils seldom have 
either. 
Laboratory Work 
1. Examine a carrot carefully, and note color; shape; 
size; leares and imurkings. Are there any small 
rootlets on this carrot ? 
2. Examine the transverse markings and notice the 
lines and spots. What do the rootlets spring from ? 
3. Look at the wider or upper end of the carrot and 
notice the durh: wrinkles ; also the green leaf stems ; 
or the green stump where the leaves were cut off. 
4. If there are leaves, notice their feathery shape; long 
stems ; beautiful green color ; differences in size. 
5. Notice how the leaf stems seem to be growing, one 
inside the other. Find the outermost leaf; the 
next; and the next. 
Are these large leaves? 
Are they the largest leaves ? 
Where is the largest leaf? 
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