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The best way to learn the names of the different 

 parts of a flower is to pull it carefull)' to pieces 

 and arranf^e the separate ort^ans on a thin card. 

 They can be tacked on to the card with a stitch 

 or two of fine thread, and 

 when the lesson is over, if the 

 card is placed between sheets 

 of blotting-paper under a 

 weight, the flower dissections 

 will dry and be useful for 

 reference later on. 



Each separate part of the 

 flower should have its name 

 neatly written beneath it, so 

 that when a good many dif- 

 ferent flowers have been thus 

 dissected they ma)' be com- 

 pared and the variations in 

 form and position dul}' noted. 

 A wallflower will be a 

 good subject for our dissection. 



At the back of the petals we first take off the 

 calyx, which consists of four divisions called 

 sepals. We then pull off the four yellow petals, 



WALLFLOWER. 



