FLOWERING PLANTS. 



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true flowering plants, of which all the rest of the 

 vegetable world is made 

 up ; but there is a very 

 evident difference be- 

 tween this kind of ve- 

 getable growth 'which I 

 hold in my hand, and 

 that of trees and shrubs. 

 Can you tell me what 

 it is?" 



Henry took hold of 

 some of the grass, and 

 said, " These dried stems 

 are brittle and jointed, 

 and when we gathered 

 them they were tough 

 and juicy ; at first there 

 was a leaf wrapped 

 round the blossoms, as 

 if to take care of them : 

 I remember ears of wheat 

 have just the same sort 

 of sheath round them 

 when they first come 



OUt. Trees and shrubs BOTJCII^TALKED MKADOW-GRASS. 



