CONVEESATION ILL 



ENDOGENS. 



GRASSES, SEDGES, &C. 



BEFOKE their papa -was ready to tell them about 

 another division of plants, Mary and her brothers 

 repeated to each other what they could remember 

 about that which he had already spoken of; con- 

 taining, first, plants that have no flowers, and no 

 distinction of leaf and stem, as sea-weeds and 

 lichens ; secondly, those that have no flowers, but 

 distinct leaves and stems, as mosses and ferns; 

 and thirdly, such as have no true leaves or stems, 

 but perfect flowers, as that strange giant parasite 

 with blossoms a yard across. They were curious 

 to know what came next, and they were soon 

 satisfied, for their father came into the room with 

 a bundle of dried GRASSES in his hand, which had 

 been gathered when in blossom. 



"I am obliged to be satisfied with these dry 

 specimens," he said, "for the spring grass is not 

 yet forward enough to give you a good idea of 

 this interesting tribe. We have now arrived at 



