Purchase of this book includes free trial access to ... where you can read more than a million books for free. Excerpt from book: Section 3IMPATIENS, JEWELWEED, TOUCH-ME-NOT, LADY'S EARDROP, BALSAM, SNAPWEED. Such are the various names by which this plant that grows by the roadside in damp places is known. It is extremely common near brooks or small streams. Like the morning-glory and the nasturtium, it is obtainable until the coming of frost, though it disappears a little earlier than the others. A cultivated plant ...
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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to ... where you can read more than a million books for free. Excerpt from book: Section 3IMPATIENS, JEWELWEED, TOUCH-ME-NOT, LADY'S EARDROP, BALSAM, SNAPWEED. Such are the various names by which this plant that grows by the roadside in damp places is known. It is extremely common near brooks or small streams. Like the morning-glory and the nasturtium, it is obtainable until the coming of frost, though it disappears a little earlier than the others. A cultivated plant belonging to the same species, and very similar to the jewelweed, is the garden balsam, in some places called lady's slipper, in others snappers. If this is used, the textit{single-flowered variety should be taken if possible, as double flowers are never good subjects for beginners. As in the case of the morning-glory and nasturtium, go to the growing plant if possible. The wild plant is difficult to transport any distance, as it wilts almost as soon as picked. Compare this plant at each step with others that have been studied. Like the nasturtium, the jewelweed belongs to the geranium family, so it will be doubly interesting to compare it with the nasturtium. Suppose the teacher to stand by the roadside with the children, beside a mass of jewelweed. GENERAL APPEARANCE. As before, notice the bright color of the flowers. They are yellow, some varieties spotted with dark red. They swing on their slender stems. They are balanced at the very end of the peduncle. The bees are busy in them. Watch the bees go in. Notice the size and shape of the flower. It is like a little den or cave, and just large enough for a bumblebee's body to squeeze in. textit{Teacher: How do you suppose the bees find the flowers ? textit{Ned: They can see them, the flowers are yellow, and there are so many of them. textit{Nellie: The flowers hang down under the leaves, but you can see the...
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