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amid our gathering this time, and the great 

 ox-eye, or, as it is called in some places, 

 horse-daisy, and one of those plants which 



Fio. 45. — Leaves of Common Woodruff, an'anged in 

 a Whorl. 



children call wild chamomile (Fig. 43), and 

 the yeUow ragwort (Fig. 44), with early spring 



Fig. 46. — Blossom of Common Honeysuckle, in one 

 piece, or monopetalous. a, corolla ; b, calyx ; c, 

 stamens ; d, pistil. 



dolt's-foot, dandelion, and a bunch of elder 

 flowers. We will not pay our readers the 

 had compliment to suppose they do not know 



every plant we have just named ; probably, 

 too, they can tell the bed straws and the 

 woodruff, with their leaves placed round their 

 stems in what is called a whorl, as shown in 

 Fig. 45. These last do not add much to the 

 appearance of our Handful ; but should you 

 chance to cast your plants aside for a few 

 days, you will find that the woodruff has, in 

 withering, developed its sweet, new-mown hay 



Fig. iY. — ^5SIossoms of Common Bluebell, or Harebell. 

 The inflorescence is arranged in a panicle, a a, 

 leaves of plant; i 6, bracts. 



odoiir, and still more so if you are pressing 

 it in paper, whilst the other flowers have 

 lost their scent. 



You look at the blossoms of the honey* 

 suckle (Fig. 46), the bluebell (Fig. 47), the 

 elder, and, if you have a good magnifier, at 

 those of the bedstraws and woodruff, and 

 you quickly discover that we have left the 

 domain of the many-petaled flowers, and 



