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BECEEATITE SCIENCE. 



Put down the poppy and take up the but- 

 tercups, all you have gathered (Figs. 2, 3, 4), 



Fio. 2.— The Bulbous-rooted Ranunculus, back view. 

 o, "petals of expanded blossoms ; b, reflexed calyx, or 

 flower-cup; c, blossom half expanded, the flower- 

 cup not yet turned back ; d, peduncle, or flower- 

 stem ; e, bract or flower-leaf. 



and, if it chances to be in the handful, the 

 marsh marygold, which probably some of 



Fio. 9. — Back view of blossom of Common Buttercup, 

 or Creeping Ranunculus, a, petal ; b, flower-cup, in 

 fiv^ sections ; e, peduncle. 



my readers know as the " May blob." Any 

 and all of these have, as you see, five petals 



Fia. 4.— Section of Buttercup blossom, a, petal ; 6, 

 stamens ; c, pistils ; d, flower-stem, or peduncle ; e, 

 receptacle. 



(Fig. 3), and though the central organ 



(Fig. 4 c) is not exactly similar to that of 



Fig. 6. — Seed vessel or pistil of 

 Fig. 5. — Buttercup Common Poppy, a ; b, stamen ; 

 petals. c, part of petal. 



the poppy (Fig. 6), you may yet observe a 

 likeness in the attachments of the petals. 



Fig. 7. — Cruciform blossom of 

 Wallflower, a, petal ; b, sta- 

 mens ; c, flower-cup, or calj'x ; 

 d, peduncle, or flower-stem. 



Fig. 8.— Petal 

 Wallflower, 

 limb; 6, claw. 



of 



