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the whole root. Look closely at the flower head. Each daisy is made of 

 a great many tiny flowers. Study the daisy when it has gone to seed. 

 Do you think one plant would produce a great many plants another year ? 

 Why do you think daisies annoy the farmers? 



Plants as you know are related. There are families of plants as well 

 as families of persons. They do not always look like theii relations, but 

 we often find members of our own family that do not look alike. While 



you are studying the common daisy, 

 you may come across one of its rela- 

 tions, the black-eyed Susan. Each of 

 the blossom heads of this plant, too, 

 is made up of a great many flowers. 

 Some day you will learn many things 

 about these flowers, but now it will 

 be enough for you to know that they 

 are there and to look at them closely. 

 Where do you find the black-eyed 

 Susan growing? Which is the more 

 common the white daisy or the black- 

 eyed Susan ? Write to Uncle John 

 and tell him five things that you learn 

 from the study of the stem, leaves, 

 and flower heads of this sturdy way- 

 side plant. 



Have you ever made " little grand- 

 mothers " of the white daisies? Try 

 Fig. 2.— Golden-rod. Jiozv does some it some day. ,With a sharp pair of 

 of the golden-rod that you Hud scissors clip all the petals but two, a 



diifer from this? i-,,, ,, i ir ii • i ^u 



' little more than halt their length. 



You will see a round golden face surrounded by a frilled cap-border, 



the two untrimmed petals being the lappets to the cap. If the daisy is 



a fresh blossom it is easy to draw with a soft lead pencil a few marks for 



eyes, nose and lips and the little nodding grandmother is indeed amusing. 



THE RED SQUIRREL. 



A long time ago, one fall day, I went for a walk with a class of 

 children. The young persons had promised to be very good in school all 

 the afternoon if I would take them into the woods, so at four o'clock we 

 started. We took a small basket in which we could bring home all the 

 different kind of nuts we could find. We wanted to learn something 

 about them, so we planned, if possible, to carry back a branch bearing 

 the nuts. What a good time young folks can have with their teacher 



