Part 59

91. What kind of living things do these plants catch and eat?

92. Tell me about the sun-dew.

93. Tell me about the Venus’s fly-trap.

94. Tell me about the pitcher-plant.

95. How do plants foretell changes in the weather?

96. What plants are the best weather prophets?

97. What is the reason of this closing before rain?

98. Of what use is this habit to the flower or seed?

99. Describe a flower clock.

100. Tell me about the hours when some plants open and close.

101. Will these hours of opening change with the time of year?

102. What is it that causes this opening and shutting?

103. Tell me about the sleep of leaves.

104. Of what use is this sleep to the plants?

II.

1. Describe a grasshopper.

2. What is the meaning of his various names?

3. How does the grasshopper make his music?

4. What can you say of Mrs. Grasshopper’s sword?

5. Do all grasshoppers live in the grass?

6. Are the head and chest of an insect in the form of rings?

7. To what order does the grasshopper belong?

8. How many straight-wing families are there?

9. How are they sometimes divided?

10. Tell me about the grasshopper’s legs.

11. Describe his wings.

12. What do grasshoppers eat?

13. Where are the grasshopper’s eggs laid?