CONTENTS 



THE CHILD 



CHAPTER . PAGE 



I. THE HOME i 



II. THE FLOWER GARDEN 4 



III. THE VEGETABLE GARDEN 6 



IV. WHERE THE BROWN NUTS FALL 12 



V. SCHOOL DAYS 15 



THE MAN 



VI. THE NEW POTATO 22 



VII. THE HOME IN CALIFORNIA 28 



VIII. JUMBO 31 



IX. THE NEW HOME 38 



THE SCHOOL 



X. THE PLANT SCHOOL . 41 



XI. How NEW PLANTS ARE MADE 49 



/ XII. THE SHASTA DAISY 54 



XIII. MlSS ESCHSCHOLTZIA HAS A NEW DRESS 60 



XIV. THE FIRE POPPY 64 



XV. THE LILY PUPILS 68 



, XVI. THE CALLA'S STORY ..." 73 



XVII. THE AMARYLLIS PUPILS 76 



XVIII. THE RAINBOW CLASS 80 



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