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CONVERSATION THE EIGHTH. 



CLASS 6. HEXAN'DRIA. GAL AN'THUSNIVA'LIS, SNOW- 

 DROP, EXAMINED. NECTARIES. BARBERRY ; ITS 



FILAMENTS. SORREL. AMERICAN ALOE. INDIAN 



REED LARGE PLANTS OF HOT CLIMATES. GREAT 



FAX-PALM. ARISTOLO'CHIA. ADANSO'NIA. 



CLIMBERS. TENDRILS. TERMS EXPLAINED. LI- 

 LIES. BULBOUS ROOTS. KAMSCHATKA LILY. 



EDWARD. 



WHAT shall we do to-day, Mamma ? I hope we 

 shall examine a plant in the sixth class. 



MOTHER. 



I believe, my dear, that the Snowdrop is one of 

 the best examples you can have, for the flower is 

 very remarkable; and the only species which is 

 known is a native of England. 



EDWARD. 

 But the Snowdrop has done flowering long ago. 



MOTHER. 



Very true: it is one of our earliest spring flow- 

 ers. You remember Mrs. Barbauld's lines, which 

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