. A companion to Blackie's tropical readers, books I and II : containing suggestions for experiemnts and practical work . Fig. 21.—Capsules Expt. 54. Scattering of Seeds. (a) Eecord the greatest distance from the parent plantthat you have known of seeds being scattered by naturalmeans. (b) Pick several pods or capsules that are nearly readyto split open; put near a fire or in bright sunshine andobserve the result. Expt. 55. Compound Fruits. (a) Observe by watching from time to time that anumber of separate flowers go to form the fruits of thepine-apple, bread-fruit, and jack-fruit. (b) Compare
. A companion to Blackie's tropical readers, books I and II : containing suggestions for experiemnts and practical work . Fig. 21.—Capsules Expt. 54. Scattering of Seeds. (a) Eecord the greatest distance from the parent plantthat you have known of seeds being scattered by naturalmeans. (b) Pick several pods or capsules that are nearly readyto split open; put near a fire or in bright sunshine andobserve the result. Expt. 55. Compound Fruits. (a) Observe by watching from time to time that anumber of separate flowers go to form the fruits of thepine-apple, bread-fruit, and jack-fruit. (b) Compare the flowers of the pine-apple and penguin,and also their fruits. Make drawings, showing thenumber of flowers that go to an individual fruit ineach case. 46 COMPANION TO TROPICAL READERS SEEDS (See Tropical Readers, Book I, pp. 105-108.) Expt. 56. Examination of Parts of a Bean Seed.—Soak some bean seeds for two or three hours in a saucercontaining water, or keep them on damp flannel untilthey start to grow; observe how the seeds absorb waterand swell, and how the seed coat crinkles and two seed leave
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