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veinlets growing out of the veins, and they divide the 

 leaf into little parts of many funny shapes. The 

 leaves are ovate, and they have an entire margin and 

 a sharp point at the apex. 



" The Trillium has but one flower, but it is large 

 and beautiful. The flower has three sepals, three 

 petals, and six stamens. The petals are mostly 

 white, but each one has several pink lines running 

 half way up from the calyx. The Trillium plant 

 grows in all the New England states and in Canada." 



WiivE. 



" We have just had a short lesson on a very com- 

 mon little butterfly, called the Colias philodice. It 

 is a very beautiful and interesting insect. Iyike all 

 other butterflies it has four wings, six legs and two 

 antennae. The wings expand about two inches. 

 The general color of the wings is yellow, of the 

 brightest shade. All the wings have a black or very 

 dark border all around them. On the forewings the 

 border is much wider than on the hind wings. Near 

 the middle of each front wing there is a small black 

 spot, and a little place in the center of it is trans- 

 lucent. On the hind wings there is an orange spot, 

 and all around it there is a ring of dark yellow. 

 Along the border of all the wings there are yellow 

 spots in a row near the edge. These butterflies live 



