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The Hedge Bindweed 535 



The Dodder 538 



The Milkweed 540 



The White Water Lily . . 545 



Pondweed 548 



The Cat-tail 551 



A Type Lesson for a Composite Flower 554 



The Goldenrod 555 



The Asters 558 



The White Daisy 560 



The Yellow Daisy or Black-eyed Susan 562 



The Thistle 563 



The Burdock 566 



Prickly Lettuce, A Compass Plant 570 



The Dandelion 572 



The Pearly Everlasting 576 



The Jewelweed, or Touch-me-not 5/8 



Mullein 582 



The Teasel 586 



Queen Anne's Lace, or Wild Carrot 589 



Weeds 594 



Outline for the Study of a Weed 595 



// Cultivated-Plant Study 



The Crocus 596 



Daffodils and their Relatives 599 



The Tulip 603 



The Pansy 607 



The Bleeding Heart 61 1 



Poppies 613 



The California Poppy 616 



The Nasturtium 620 



The Bee-Larkspur 623 



The Blue Flag, or Iris 626 



The Sunflower 63 1 



The Bachelor's Button 636 



The Salvia or Scarlet Sage 637 



Petunias 640 



The Horseshoe Geranium 643 



The Sweet Pea 649 



The Clovers 652 



Sweet Clover 655 



The,White Clover 658 



Maize, or Indian Corn 660 



The Cotton Plant ... 666 



The Strawberry 672 



The Pumpkin 675 



/// Floii'crlcss-Plant Study 



The Christmas Fern 684 



The Bracken 689 



How a Fern Bud Unfolds .691 



