. Nature study and life. Nature study. 436 NATURE STUDY AND LIFE language lessons, and for study and genuine acquaintance. A small pool in one edge of the bed will add to its beauty and may support a collection of interesting water ferns. Aside from their grace and beauty the interesting fact connected with the study of ferns is their method of repro- duction by spores. Watch the underside of the leaves, and when the fruit dots, or sori, as they are called, turn. Fig. 177. Collection of Ferns George Putnam School, Roxbury, Mass. brown and appear to be ripe, distribute pieces of the leaf to the
. Nature study and life. Nature study. 436 NATURE STUDY AND LIFE language lessons, and for study and genuine acquaintance. A small pool in one edge of the bed will add to its beauty and may support a collection of interesting water ferns. Aside from their grace and beauty the interesting fact connected with the study of ferns is their method of repro- duction by spores. Watch the underside of the leaves, and when the fruit dots, or sori, as they are called, turn. Fig. 177. Collection of Ferns George Putnam School, Roxbury, Mass. brown and appear to be ripe, distribute pieces of the leaf to the class and let them pick out some of the spores on a sheet of white paper to gain a definite idea of what is meant by the much-used term " ; The finest dustlike par- ticles that they find in the sori are the spores. If a few leaves are permitted to dry over a sheet of paper, spores may be obtained in quantity. It may be too difficult a task for the children to undertake, but if any wish to volunteer,. 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 Hodge, Clifton Fremont, 1859-. Boston and London, Ginn & Co.
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