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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 74

(1.) Plant Life. — (a.) The Study of Plants as Growing Things

(1.) Plant Life.

(a.) The Study of Plants as Growing Things.

Grow an onion in a bottle of water, and note appearance of root and stem. Make a model in clay of the various stages of growth at short intervals.

Grow mustard-seed on damp flannel, and note stages of growth.

Notice a few curious roots.

The carrot: Cut off the top of one and grow it in a saucer of water, Contrast the root of a daisy (fibrous).

Boots which walk: Strawberry or strawberry.

Violet-root.

Contrast root of Iris and Solomon's Seal in their modes of extension.

Stem; Count the rings in a trunk that has been felled; ring?, how produced; estimate age of tree; the record of wet or dry seasons.

Climbing stems: Ivy.

Train bindweed up a stick and note that it turns to the right. If you unwind it and force it the other way (to the left), note how it resumes its old direction again, holding the stick with one of its leaf-stalks to get a purchase for the change.

Simple experiments to show effect of light on (1) leaves and (2) roots. Celery: blanching.

Leaves of deciduous trees contrasted with leaves of evergreens. Contrast leaves of holly, ivy, and box with leaves of oak, elm, and beech.

Note autumn tints. Collect and press leaves of various colours in autumn.

Buds: Leaf-buds and flower-buds.

Parts of a flower.

Fruits: Different kinds.