LESSON I
Materials.—A flower for each pupil
A plant set into a flower-pot
A leaf for each pupil
A pile of leaves containing a few pansy leaves and several of other kinds.
Introduction.—A conversation with the pupils about their favourite flowers.
Observations.—The pansy flowers are now distributed and the general form of the flower is first noted. The resemblance to the face of an animal will be discovered. The name corolla is given, but no other botanical terms are to be introduced in this lesson.
The details of colours, perfumes, velvety feeling of the corolla, and the number of leaflets in it are next discovered and described by the pupils. Lastly, in a withering flower they discover the seed cases and the little seeds.
LESSON II
The conception of the relationship between the flower, root, and stem is developed by a method similar to the following:
What soon happens to a pansy flower after it is broken from the plant? Are the flowers that you have in your hands withering?
How can you keep them from withering?
Hence, what must the flower get from the stem?