. Handbook of nature-study for teachers and parents, based on the Cornell nature-study leaflets. Nature study. 6i6 Ha-iidbook of Nature-Study poppy opened, and also in the bud. Sketch a petal, a stamen and the pistil, in separate studies. 7. Study the poppy seed-box as it ripens. How does the stigma-disk look? What is the shape of the capsule below the disk? Is it ridged? What relation do its ridges bear to the stigma ridges on the disk? Cut a capsule open, and note what these ridges on the outside have to do with the partitions inside. Where are the seeds borne? 8. Note the development of the
. Handbook of nature-study for teachers and parents, based on the Cornell nature-study leaflets. Nature study. 6i6 Ha-iidbook of Nature-Study poppy opened, and also in the bud. Sketch a petal, a stamen and the pistil, in separate studies. 7. Study the poppy seed-box as it ripens. How does the stigma-disk look? What is the shape of the capsule below the disk? Is it ridged? What relation do its ridges bear to the stigma ridges on the disk? Cut a capsule open, and note what these ridges on the outside have to do with the partitions inside. Where are the seeds borne? 8. Note the development of the holes beneath the edge of the disk of the poppy capsule. How are they made? What are they for? How are the seeds shaken from these holes? What shakes the poppy seed-box and helps sow the seeds? Look at a seed through a lens, and describe its form and decoration. 9. Notice the form of the poppy leaf, and note whether it is hairy or covered with bloom. What is there peculiar about the smell of the poppy plant? Where do poppies grow wild? 10. Is the slender stem smooth or grooved and hairy? Is it solid or hollow? 11. When a stem or leaf is pierced or broken off, what is the color of the juice which exudes? Does this juice taste sweet or bitter and un- pleasant? Do you know what harmful drug is manufactured from the juice of one species of poppy? What countries cultivate and use it most extensively?. THE CALIFORNIA POPPY Teacher's Story iLTHOUGH this brilliant flower blossoms cheerfully for us in our Eastern gardens, we can never understand its beauty until we see it glowing in masses on the California foot- hills. We can easily understand why it was selected as the flower of that great State, since it burnished with gold the hills, above the gold buried below; and in that land that prides itself upon its sunshine, these poppies seem to shine up as the sun shines down. The literature of California, and it has a noble literature of its own, is rich in tributes to this favored flowe
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