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The Hedge Bindweed 535 



The Dodder 53 



The Milkweed 54 



The White Water Lily '. 545 



Pondweed 54$ 



The Cat-tail 55^ 



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 5^3 



The Burdock 566 



Prickly Lettuce, A Compass Plant 57O 



The Dandelion 572 



The Pearly Everlasting 5?6 



The Jewelweed, or Touch-me-not 578 



Mullein 582 



The Teasel 586 



Queen Anne's Lace, or Wild Carrot 589 



Weeds 594 



Outline for the Study of a Weed 595 



II 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 631 



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 



/// Flowerless- Plant Study 



The Christmas Fern 684 



The Bracken 689 



How a Fern Bud Unfolds. . 691 



