. Nature-study; a manual for teachers and students. Nature study. 33(> NATURE-STUDY head. On the other hand, the thistle and baehclor's-but- ton have only the tubular flowers. Compare these with the sunflower. Tile dandelion and the thistle and other composites have hit upon a very ingenious device for scattering the seed, that is, by jjroducing silken i)ara- chutes attached to the seed. Examine a dandelion or thistle head gone to seed. Blow off the downy mass from the dandelion and see how the "seeds" float away in the air by means of the httlc umbrella-shaped jiara- chute. Go ou
. Nature-study; a manual for teachers and students. Nature study. 33(> NATURE-STUDY head. On the other hand, the thistle and baehclor's-but- ton have only the tubular flowers. Compare these with the sunflower. Tile dandelion and the thistle and other composites have hit upon a very ingenious device for scattering the seed, that is, by jjroducing silken i)ara- chutes attached to the seed. Examine a dandelion or thistle head gone to seed. Blow off the downy mass from the dandelion and see how the "seeds" float away in the air by means of the httlc umbrella-shaped jiara- chute. Go out into the flelds and roadsides and into the flower gardens with llie class and pick out the com- posites. Also note such as have the pjarachute device for scattering the fruit. Some, hke the beggar's-ticks (pitch- forks), form spurs at the top of the fruits, with which they stick to the clothes of man or the fur of animals. Note the bees and butterflies at work pollinating the composites. Studying the Common Floivering Plants There is a peculiar pleasure in roaming about the fields and woods searching for wild flowers. Who does not de- light at the sight of the first anemone or bloodroot in spring? To find a pink lady's-slippcr or the Indian-pipe gives one. I'li; 135. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Holtz, Frederick Leopold, 1870-. New York, C. Scribner's Sons
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