'FIRST STEPS IN GENEEAL KNOWLEDGE. 



Ftgetable Ittng&om. 



CONVERSATION I. 



SEA-WEEDS MUSHROOMS- LICHENS. 



It was a lovely April morning; the sun shone 

 brightly after heavy showers ; the birds sang joy- 

 ously among the trees, and scattered rain-drops 

 as they flitted from bough to bough : every plant 

 was laden with moisture, and the thickly-blos- 

 somed cherry on the garden-wall had showered 

 down its beautiful petals under the influence of 

 the driving rain. The gravel-path afforded the 

 only dry walking ground, and here might be seen 

 three young folks, newly escaped from their morn- 

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