206 A COMPOUND FLOWER EXAMINED. 

 MOTHER. 



Pull off all the parts that are within the cup, 

 and look at them again with your magnifying 

 glass. 



EDWARD. 



Oh ! now I see that the yellow spots were the 

 tops of beautiful little things like flowers; and 

 these, I suppose, are seeds, below them. 



MOTHER. 



Well; now I will open one of these little flowers 

 with my needle, for it requires some practice, and 

 you cannot do it so readily yourself. Can you 

 perceive with your glass that each little blossom 

 is shaped like a funnel, with five divisions in its 

 border ? The stamens are so small in" the daisy, 

 that you can hardly see them: but in larger flowers 

 of this class you will find that they are five in 

 number, with the filaments distinct, but the an- 

 thers joined together, side by side, like a tube ; a 

 single pistil with a notched summit passes up 

 through this tube ; and there is an egg-shaped 

 seed below. 



EDWARD. 

 How very beautiful it is ! 



MOTHER. 



Now look at what you called the white and pink 



