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CONVERSATION THE FOURTH. 



CLASS 3. TRIAN'DRIA. CRO'CUS VER'NUS, SPRING 



CROCUS, EXAMINED. THE GRASSES. WHEAT. 



BARLEY. OATS, ETC. SUGAR-CANE. SUGAR- 

 MAKING. REED. BAMBOO. DAC^TYLIS GLOME- 



RA'TA, ROUGH COCK'S-FOOT GRASS, EXAMINED 

 BUTCHER'S BROOM. SEDGE. 



EDWARD. 



MAMMA, will you come out with me now to look 

 for a plant in the third class ? 



MOTHER. 



Yes : but we need not go farther than the gar- 

 den ; for you cannot have a better example than 

 the Crocus, which is a native of England, though 

 it does not grow wild in our neighbourhood. 



EDWARD. 



Here are purple, yellow, and white Crocuses ; 

 are they of different species ? 



MOTHER. 



Perhaps not ; for the character of the species 

 does not depend upon the colour, size, or smell of 



