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we can make out very plainly that here are five 

 prettily-pointed petals united into one, with a long 

 tube made of the claws, and a beautiful wide margin 

 made of the banners. Four-o'clock, stramonium^^ 

 Canterbury-bells, phlox, and many other flowers 

 have these one-petaled corollas. Such corollas differ 

 greatly in shape, owing to the length and diameter 

 of the tube and margin. 



The snap-dragon shows a pretty variety of a one- 

 petaled corolla, where the margin is drawn together 

 into a mouth. The fox-glove, with its inflated throat 

 and narrowed margin, is another beauty ; and the 

 lady's-slipper, with its yelloAV or purple bags, hung 

 under the long, wavy calyx sepals, is one of the most 

 beautiful of flowers. 



In poh^petalous corollas we have the rich splen- 

 dors of roses, from single to the fullest double, where 

 cultivation has changed all the stamens and pistils 

 into petals. The polypetalous tribe give us also the 

 lovely perfume-filled chalices of the lilies ; the peas, 

 with their many-colored banners ; the charming vio- 

 lets, with their spurred petals ; the columbine, with 

 its horns of plenty. 



Color of some kind is one of the distinguishing 

 features of blossoms. 



Fragrance is another marked characteristic of 

 plants, and is chiefly in the flower. There are plenty 



