OF EDUCATION 9 



only about thirty^ days, but they seem to be very 

 happy while the sun shines, and they go from flower 

 to flower for the honey." RosiE. 



"The weather has been very changeable ever 

 since sunrise. Early this morning the sun was shin- 

 ing, the air was clear and the sky was blue. There 

 were no clouds except a few cumulus clouds near the 

 zenith, and they were as bright and beautiful as pos- 

 sible as they changed into many curious shapes. 

 Just at school time it grew darker, but cleared up in 

 a little while, and then grew darker once more. At 

 recess time the whole eastern horizon was bright 

 blue, with a few lovely stratus clouds from ten to 

 twenty degrees high. The wind blows gently from 

 the west now, at the rate of a mile an hour, I should 

 say. We used some thistle-down in the garden to 

 see which way and how fast the air was moving. 

 Just before recess we had several nice and very inter- 

 esting experiments to show us the properties of the 



air." BESSIE. 



The Buttercup. 



"The early buttercup is an interesting plant. It 



grows only a few inches high. It blossoms very 



early in the spring, and the flower is bright yellow. 



The calyx has five parts, and the blossom has five 



petals. The petals are about half an inch long." 



John. 



